Elgin, High Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name Elgin, High Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 109196
Site Number NJ26SW 161
NGR NJ 2163 6285
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/109196
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 161 2163 6285
NJ 2163 6285 Following an excavation and watching brief during the pedestrianisation of the High Street, Elgin in March 1995, three further trenches were opened by Scotia Archaeology Ltd on the S side of the High Street, to the SE of St Giles Church. No trace of the pre-19th-century graveyard encountered in 1995 or its boundary wall were uncovered within the area investigated. However, traces of medieval street levels were found just below the modern road: these early levels had been badly disturbed by developments in 1826 (when St Giles Church was rebuilt) and in more recent times.
Sponsors: Moray District Council, Grampian Regional Council.
J Terry 1996
