Perth, 168 High Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name Perth, 168 High Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 134239
Site Number NO12SW 344
NGR NO 1172 2361
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/134239
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 344 117 236
NO 117 236 Monitoring of contractors' works during the removal of a cellar floor revealed a medieval midden deposit at c5m OD. Sherds of white gritty ware pottery and a small assemblage of butchered animal bone were recovered. The truncated remnant of a possible wattle fence was found cut through the midden deposit. This fence lay parallel to the High Street c 7m to the rear of the frontage. A drystone well was also cut through the midden deposit. This well was 0.6m in diameter and was set back 3.6m from the street frontage.
Sponsor: Axa Equity and Law.
J R Mackenzie 1995.
