Watching Brief
Date 2008
Event ID 609228
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/609228
NT 54850 34121 A watching brief was kept on the excavation of two burials in the Abbey in 2008. Plot one revealed very shallow interments at 0.5m deep, which limited the depth of the headstone. This area was levelled in 1890 and this probably accounts for the shallowness of the interments. Several pieces of Ploughlands sandstones were recorded, as were pieces of Caithness slab. Three pieces show signs of having been subjected to fire. No significant archaeology was found.
NT 54923 34136 Plot two revealed several pieces of worked Ploughlands sandstone from the Abbey, clearly showing tooling marks, one is from a sculpted piece. One whetstone was recovered from a depth of 0.625m. No significant archaeological features were recorded.
Archive: Artefacts – James Crawford
Funder: Crawford Family, Melrose
James Crawford