Archaeology Notes

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Event ID 786240

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ90NW 359 94240 06535

For (underlying) Franciscan Friary (Greyfriars Church or Grey Friar's Monastery), see NJ90NW 26.

Air photographs, Marischal College and City Chambers: AAS/00/08/CT, AAS/00/12/CT and AAS/00/12/G30/13.

NMRS, MS/712/100.

NJ 9425 0650. A watching brief was undertaken in March 2005 during engineering test holes in Marischal College (NJ90NW 359), in the area of the former Greyfriars Priory (NJ90NW 26). The work revealed two stretches of walling of unknown date.

Full report lodged with Aberdeen SMR and NMRS.

Sponsor: Ramsay and Chalmers, Consulting Engineers.