Archaeology Notes

Event ID 673434

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/673434

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A watching brief was required in April and May 2004 on the site of a proposed retail/residential development in close proximity to the core of the medieval burgh of Glasgow.

Human skeletal remains, including skull fragments, from at least two individuals were recovered from a test pit. One of the skulls had been opened after death, a practice common among the insane. The town's hospital and burial ground occupied the development area from 1773, and it would seem likely that the bones originated from these buildings.

Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.

Sponsor: Adams Consulting Group Ltd.

Martin Cook and R Engl 2004