Archaeology Notes

Event ID 784927

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/784927

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Thick organic medieval deposits were observed in service trenches dug when laying a telephone cable in Upperkirkgate; pottery, leather, slag and bone were recovered.

H Murray 1982.

Urban excavation by J Stones between October 1982 and February 1983 in advance of destruction before redevelopment as a shopping centre revealed evidence of medieval occupation in the form of pits and fragmentary walls; large quantities of pottery of the 13th to 19th centuries were found all over the excavated area. Despite part of the area being disturbed by 19th century cellars, a sufficiently large area remained to permit recording which complemented that from other sites nearby.

The area was used for industrial purposes and later for rubbish disposal in the 13th to 15th centuries. Apart from local wares, pottery fragments were provenanced to Yorkshire, SE Scotland, the Netherlands and Germany.

(Additional bibliography cited: location of pottery not noted).

NMRS, MS/712/83.

The archive from 43-57 Upperkirkgate has been catalogued. It consists of drawings and manuscripts.

Historic Scotland Archive Project (FO) 1997.