Open AccessDundrennan Abbey: archaeological investigation within the south range of a Cistercian house in Kirkcudbrightshire (Dumfries & Galloway), Scotland
Author(s) -
Gordon Ewart,
Stephen Carter,
Naomi Crowley,
Andrew Dunn,
Harry Kenward,
Coralie Mills,
Tanya O’Sullivan,
Alan Radley,
Dorothy Rankin,
Robert S Will,
Geoquest Associates,
David Connolly,
Ruby Cerón-Carrasco
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
scottish archaeological internet reports/scottish archaeological internet report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2056-7421
pISSN - 1473-3803
DOI - 10.9750/issn.1473-3803.2001.01
Subject(s) - archaeology , cloister , rubble , excavation , clearance , geography , medicine , urology
The remains of the south-west corner of the 12th-century Cistercian abbey cloister at Dundrennan (National Grid Reference: NX 7492 4750) were cleared of rubble and 19th-century landscaping infill over four seasons of fieldwork in the early 1990s. Elements of the warming house, novice's day room, great drain and latrine block undercroft were revealed. Coupled with a short programme of geophysical survey and test-trenching, new evidence of the sequence of building for the abbey was revealed by excavation. The project was funded by Historic Scotland.