Archaeological Evaluation

Date 21 April 2009 - 11 June 2009

Event ID 590431

Category Recording

Type Archaeological Evaluation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/590431

NJ 9454 0648 The site of the Timmer Mart lies near two of the major foci of the medieval burgh of Aberdeen, the

market place at Castlegate and the castle c50m to the SE. An evaluation and watching brief were carried out on 21 April and 11 June 2009. The results show that the central area appeared to have been scarped to natural, with occasional rubble infilling of hollows, and cut by a number of former service trenches and a massive live sewer trench. On the East North Street frontage there were deposits of brick and stone rubble and evidence that some of the buildings had been cellared in the 19th century. Along the W side of the site a

N–S cut appears to have been filled with redeposited garden earth containing medieval pottery. No other archaeological features or finds were recorded.

Report: Aberdeen City SMR and RCAHMS

Funder: Chap Construction (Aberdeen) Ltd

HK and JC Murray – Murray Archaeological Services Ltd