Excavation

Date June 1992 - October 1992

Event ID 606778

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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Excavations were carried out by SUAT (supervised by Colm Moloney) between June and October 1992.

Phase 1: The earliest activity on the site consisted of a large V-shaped wattle lined ditch which ran across the site from E-W and terminated at the E edge of the excavation.

Phase 2: Initial pottery research indicated that the ditch was backfilled and the High Street surface, which extends 2m into the site, was sonstructed some time in the 12th century. The wattle boundaries for three burgage plots were identified. These contained insubstantial timber structures which fronted onto the High Street.

Phase 3: Subsequently the site became vacant and large rubbish pits were dug at the frontage, possibly the result of economic decline.

Phase 4: After a period of dumping on the site, timber structures were again constructed on the various properties. A gravel vennel ran S from the High Street between the E and central properties. Substantial pits were cut inside the structures; possibly storage pits. At the rear of these buildings massive rubbish pits filled with industrial refuse were excavated. Leather and metal working played a prominent part in the economy of the site at this time.

Sponsors: Historic Scotland; United Biscuits Pension Fund; Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust; Perth and Kinross Common Good Fund.

C J Moloney 1992d.