Watching Brief Millar Street Crieff.

Excavation of the building foundations, garage and associated landscaping was done under archaeological supervision down to the natural horizon of red clay and sandstone bedrock. Work began at the northern end of the plot adjacent to Millar Street and proceeded southwards, with ground clearance, removal of rubble, formation of terraces and excavation of foundations. All work was done by a machine with a toothless ditching bucket. The groundwork covered a rectangular area 578 metres square in extent ranging from 15 metres to 19 metres wide and 37 metres long. The area was excavated up to a depth of 1.2 metres for the foundations of the house and garage. The excavated soil and rubble were partly used to level up the southern end of the plot, with the remaining spoil being transported offsite at a later date. All groundbreaking works were continuously monitored by an archaeologist, recorded, and photographed in stages as work progressed. Nothing of archaeological significance was found.