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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

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