Document record MAB62226 - WHARF STREET MONTROSE

A watching brief was carried out over groundworks associated with the construction of a new RNLI station and associated sewer works over three days in April and May 2012 by D.

A watching brief was carried out over groundworks associated with the construction of a new RNLI station and associated sewer works over three days in April and May 2012 by D. Hall. The first site visit recorded the excavation of the Western end of the deeper of the two new sewer lines and observed a clean sterile dump of sand and occasional small stones to a maximum depth of 2.50 m below modern ground level. The second visit observed the digging of a section of the second of the two new sewer lines and again observed a clean sterile dump of sand and small stones to a maximum depth of 1.80 m below modern ground level. The course of the existing sewer line was located towards the Wharf Street frontage. The final site visit observed the digging of a new manhole at the eastern end of the shallower of the two sewer lines a clean sterile dump of sand and stones was recorded to a depth of 1.80 m below modern ground level. At this point the sand dump was sealed by a layer of stone setts (10cm thick) which were in turn covered with tarmac (10cm thick). It was concluded that the entire area behind the harbour wall on the West Quay appears to be made up of a large dump of clean sand and stones which may have been dredged out of the river. This material appears to have been dumped in a single episode and, although no dating evidence was recovered, is perhaps associated with changes to the area following the construction of the bridge across the River South Esk in the late 18th century. No finds were recovered.

HALL, D, 2012, REPORT ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING OF SEWER RENEWAL WORKS IN ADVANCE OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEW RNLI STATION, WHARF STREET (Bibliographic reference). SAB4365.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2013, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 13, 2012, pp.31-32 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5487.

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