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Excavation
Date 21 October 2015
Event ID 1022306
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1022306
NJ 93884 06372 A watching brief began on groundwork associated with the redevelopment of the art gallery on 21 October 2015. The gallery had been constructed on the grounds of a Dominican friary, apparently founded by Alexander II sometime between 1230–1249.
Excavations outside the gallery uncovered a red brick charnel house containing three Victorian coffins, containing a mass of disarticulated human remains. The remains were from a minimum of 35 individuals, were probably medieval in date and associated with the Dominican friary.
Internally, two areas of excavation revealed in situ extended inhumations of 55 individuals, all on a roughly E/W orientation. The individuals vary in both age and gender, and were of varying condition across the site. In some instances, parts of individuals had been moved out to accommodate a new burial. A small selection of medieval ceramics, including tile fragments, and copper alloy shroud pins were retrieved from amongst the burials.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Aberdeen City Council
Steven Watt – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES 2016, Vol 17)
