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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 689127
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/689127
NO 400 300 The site lies at the western corner of the junction of Nethergate and Marketgait, at the western edge of the medieval burgh of Dundee, but within the area enclosed by the 17th-century town wall. The site is vacant ground used for parking, but was formerly occupied by St Enoch's Church, the front steps of which still survive. Included within the site is the former SE end of the medieval street, Long Wynd.
Three trenches were excavated. No artefacts were recovered from any of the trenches. Trenches A and C produced no deposits or features of archaeological interest except for a well in Trench A. The well was capped by large flagstones. It was 0.80m in diameter, 8.65m deep, with the water level at 7.25m below the surface. This well was previously uncovered in 1970. The well pre-dates the church and may have provided a water supply for either the 18th-century house or the 19th-century buildings.
The deposits at the southern end of Trench B indicated at least three building phases dating from the 18th century. Nothing attributable to the Blackfriars monastery was found. The presence of natural deposits at a depth of only 1m to 1.30m in Trenches A and B indicates that there was no defensive ditch outside the 16th-century town wall.
Sponsor: Bank of Scotland.
R Cachart 1994j.
(Approx. grid reference - excavation possibly on map sheet - awaiting excavation archive to determine exact location of trenches and grid reference.)
Information from RCAHMS (FD) 5/2/98
