Site Event/Activity record EHG3706 - Excavation and recording - Fort George, Ardersier

Archaeological monitoring was undertaken by Kirkdale Archaeology in February 2004 during renovation work and several minor assessments at Fort George. These were in the Georgian and Victorian latrine blocks, the firing step palisade at the east point of the defences, and the rotted wooden remains found above the tide line in the mud at the shore end of the south pier. The firing step examination is notable for the surviving evidence of the palisade posts. It appears that the posts were put in place before the firing step was built, and that the revetting wall for the step was built around the posts, with the brick setting in the base of the ditch holding the posts in place. A minor excavation into the shoreline mud suggested that the accumulated deposits at the north end of the pier may hide an almost intact section of original wooden cladding. <1> For more detail see <2>