Moray HER - NJ16NE0175 - GORDONSTOUN SCHOOL

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Primary ReferenceNJ16NE0175
NameGORDONSTOUN SCHOOL
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Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details A watching brief was carried out by Avon Archaeology (Highland) from August to September 2022 during trenching work for the installation of underground services for a new classroom hub building for Gordonstoun School (NJ16NE0006). The majority of the services trenches opened within the school grounds (Trenches 1, 3, 4 and 5) did not reveal any archaeologically significant deposits or finds, with finds restricted to a very small assemblage of modern glass, animal bone and pottery sherds recovered from topsoil and unstratified contexts. Trench 2 opened adjacent to, and immediately to the south, of Gordonstoun House (centred NJ 18414 68957), revealed a group of shallowly buried and regular soil features that are suggested to reflect evidence of a previous formal garden, a Parterre, or kitchen horticulture, possibly related to the garden depicted on the OS 1st edition map. No stratified dating evidence was recovered from the features, which were preserved in-situ.
Last Update05/04/2023
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerJN
Date of Compilation24/03/2023

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National Grid Reference: NJ 1834 6895



Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2022 Watching-Brief

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Date MDate YArtefact TypeFinderRecovery MethodConditionStorage LocationAccess No.
82022 GLASS AAH Excavation  
82022 ANIMAL BONE AAH Excavation  
82022 POTTERY SHERDS AAH Excavation  

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