St Andrew's, 121 North Street
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Andrew's, 121 North Street
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 123735
Site Number NO51NW 290
NGR NO 507 168
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/123735
- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
Watching Brief (30 May 1997 - 2 June 1997)
NO51NW 290 507 168
NO 507 168 In May and June 1997 SUAT undertook a watching brief on foundation trenches being dug for an extension to the rear of 121 North Street, a property within the bounds of the medieval burgh of St Andrews. The building presently on the site is likely to be 19th century in date, though a cut block of sandstone with a chamfered arris, probably part of a door or window surround of 16th/17th-century date, was noted built into the back wall of the house. The three foundation trenches, dug on the site of lean-to extensions demolished before the arrival of the archaeologist on site, reached natural at a maximum depth of 1m below present ground level. No medieval deposits or small finds were encountered. A small number of sherds of 19th- century pottery and glass were recovered from the deposits of garden soil in the northern trench. Most of the site had been extensively disturbed in recent times.
Sponsor: Gillespie & Scott.
N M Robertson 1997
