Reburial of human bones in warehouse wall

Description Reburial of human bones in warehouse wall

Date 0/1980 to 0/1994

Collection Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number DP 452712

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Nineteenth-century local newspapers reported the finding of human bones when services were laid and warehouses built in the Carmelite Street area of Aberdeen. During the most recent excavations in this area, reburied human bone was found. During the most recent excavations in this area in 1994, reburied human bones were found in the foundation trench for a 19th-century warehouse wall. They can be seen on this photograph just below the white label. The red and white scale measures 1m. The long bones had been carefully and neatly placed in the bottom of the foundation trench before the stone foundation was laid. SCRAN 'when' data: 1273 foundation of Aberdeen Carmelite friary 1273 - 17th century burials at the friary 1560 the Reformation: friary abandoned 1336 friary damaged by the Fire of Aberdeen.

Accession Number 2024/57

External Reference 000-000-109-837-C, 000-000-109-837-R

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2775488

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