Archaeology Notes

Event ID 690316

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO51NE 2.1 51347 16579

(NO 5134 1657) Guest Hall (NR) (Remains of)

OS 25" map (1914)

"The Guest Hall of this building, which Prior John White constructed about the middle of the 13th century (Scotichronicon, lib vi, cap.li), there remains only a fragment of walling between the entrances of two buildings in Pends Road belonging to St Leonard's School; it bears on one side the remains of heavy vaulting-ribs and of a built-up opening. RCAHMS 1933

The hall was found by digging to have four bays.

D H Fleming 1914

All that remains of the guest hall is a fragment of wall 1.5m thick and 4.0m high.

Visited by OS (JLD) 17 October 1956

OS (JLD) confirmed.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 May 1964