Robert Gordon's College
Burial(S) (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned), Inorganic Material(S) (Glass)(Period Unassigned), Pin (Copper Alloy)(Period Unassigned), Tile(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery(S) (Medieval)
Site Name Robert Gordon's College
Classification Burial(S) (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned), Inorganic Material(S) (Glass)(Period Unassigned), Pin (Copper Alloy)(Period Unassigned), Tile(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery(S) (Medieval)
Canmore ID 355624
Site Number NJ90NW 2747
NGR NJ 93951 06375
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/355624
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Excavation (2 July 2015 - 15 July 2015)
NJ 93951 06375 During a watching brief, 2–15 July 2015, for a new electricity sub-station for Robert Gordon’s College and University, 30 burials were uncovered in the 2m wide trench. Twenty-five were excavated and five left in situ below and adjacent to the 1m deep trench. The burials were all roughly W/E and an associated N/S robber trench is being interpreted as the remains of one of the walls of the Dominican (Blackfriars) Friary. It may have been the E wall of the church due to the proximity of a number of burials whose heads had been laid adjacent to the wall. A small number of finds included stone roof tiles, ceramic floor tiles, medieval pottery, window glass and a copper alloy pin.
Archive: National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE)
Funder: Robert Gordon University and Robert Gordon’s College
Alison Cameron - Cameron Archaeology
(Source: DES, Volume 16)
