THIS weekend sees the start of an archaeological dig in and around the church on the Castle Hill, Ardrossan.
The dig, under the supervision of Rathmell Archaeology of Kilwinning, has been commissioned by Ardrossan Castle Heritage Society as a follow-up to a survey done last summer.
This suggested that there are anomalies under the ground that could be a road, a churchyard wall, a grave or robbing-pit, an interior church wall, a building associated with the churchyard, furnishings or tomb remains and buried gravestones. A robbing-pit is an infilled hole left after the removal, perhaps by robbing, of buried building material. Hopefully, the dig will reveal some of the church’s long-hidden secrets.
The dig takes place on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 April from 9am to 4pm.
There will be another dig on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 May at the same times. Spectators are welcome to come along and see what has been found.
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