Angus HER - NO56SE0071 - BISHOP'S CLOSE, BRECHIN

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO56SE0071
Name	BISHOP'S CLOSE, BRECHIN
NRHE Card No.	NO56SE71
NRHE Numlink	90977
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Unknown
Details	Site of trial excavations. In advance of alterations to the road surface, trial trenching was carried out by R. Will of Scotia Archaeology Ltd in February 1995, in the entranceway to the manse on the south side of Bishop's Close. Three trenches were opened. Trench 1 produced modern glass and china and one sherd of medieval redware. Trench 2 produced a possible hearthstone. Trench 3 produced sherds of modern bottle glass and china. Between 0.45-0.60 m of deposits that underlay the existing tarmac were removed. Below the make-up for the tarmac road in Bishop's Close, were sections of an earlier road comprising rounded pebbles, up to 0.12 m across, set into sand. Artefacts indicated that the cobbled road was of 19th century date. Further trenching in Church Lane revealed several inhumations cut by an existing sewer pipe trench. These burials may once have been within the nearby graveyard which had been foreshortened.
Last Update	16/09/2022
Updated By	cherbert

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National Grid Reference: NO 5967 6011

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
1995	Excavation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
2	1995			Scotia Archaeology Ltd

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
2	1995	REDWARE SHERDS	RW	Excavation		Unknown
2	1995	HEARTH-STONE	RW	Excavation		Unknown

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
BURIALS	HUMAN		B	100
POTTERY		REDWARE	C	100
HEARTH-STONES			D	70
ROADS		COBBLED	E	100