| Title: |
3 Wester Kelso/Floors Castle, 1983-85
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| Issue: |
The origins of settlements at Kelso and Peebles, Scottish Borders archaeological excavations in Wester and Easter Kelso and Cuddyside/Bridgegate, Peebles by the Border Burghs Archaeology Project and the Scottish Urban Archaeological Trust, 1983--1994 |
| Series: |
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
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| Volume: |
2
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| Number of Pages: |
168 |
| Page Start/End: |
36 - 49 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
MonographSeriesChapter
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| Abstract: |
The excavations suggest that the medieval burgh of Wester Kelso was indeed in the grounds of Floors Castle, but nearer the Tweed (Trench 3), not inside the gates at the north-west end of Roxburgh Street (Trenches 1 and 2). Trench 1 produced no evidence of medieval occupation, or any post-medieval occupation either, apart from a ditch, possibly a boundary ditch pre-dating the formation of the park in the late 18th century. Trench 2 produced evidence of occupation beside a cobbled road. This occupation relates to the post-medieval expansion northwards along Roxburgh Street, from the abbey and market area at the southern end of the settlement of (Easter) Kelso; it is not the remains of the medieval burgh of Wester Kelso. |
| Year of Publication: |
2003
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| ISBN: |
0 903903 71 7 |
| Subjects / Periods: |
| Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Floors Castle (Auto Detected Subject) |
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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| Abbey (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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CASTLE
(Monument Type England)
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| Late 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Boundary Ditch (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
(DigitalBorn)
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| Created Date: |
24 Nov 2015 |
