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Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel
Burial (Medieval), Chapel (16th Century), Sundial (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel
Classification Burial (Medieval), Chapel (16th Century), Sundial (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) University Of Aberdeen; College Bounds; Aberdeen University War Memorial Chapel; Roll Of Honour
Canmore ID 148159
Site Number NJ90NW 7.01
NGR NJ 93987 08152
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/148159
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- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 7.01 93956 08149
Chapel [NR]
OS 1:1250 map, 1971.
The 16th century tall oak screen which separates nave and choir is of excellent workmanship. It contained confessional cubicles with carved grilles and a staircase led originally to the library. The blocked door high in the S wall of the choir indicates the original position of the screen. The ceiling is a shallow wooden vault criss-crossed by mouldings and the tracery on the inside windows (apparently mutilated at the Reformation) present the rather coarse divisions that are now visible.
(Additional bibliography and newspaper references cited).
NMRS, MS/712/83.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
MEASURED DRAWINGS
There is a large number of measured drawings in the University of Aberdeen Library, including those of the Chapel and other works made by J. Cromar Watt.
Dr Kelly has extensive notes and drawings (1941)
INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT ABERDEEN PUBLIC LIBRARY REFERENCE DEPARTMENT
Sir W. D Geddes. Notes on the restoration of King's College Chapel 1872, King's College Chapel improvement scheme 1889.
Norman MacPherson. Notes on the Chapel, Crown and other ancient bildings of King's College 1889.
King's College Buildings; a descriptive account 1895
W. Orem. A description of the Chanonry (Cathedral and King's College) in Old Aberdeen in the years 1724-25.
R.W. Billings. Baronial and Ecclesiatical Antiquities of Scotland. Vol 1.
Munro's Old Landmarks of Aberdeen.
Slides (3) - Interior, The Oak Screen, General view of Chapel and Tower
Non-Guardianship Sites Plan Collection, DC28101- DC28102, 1959.
Trial Trench (2004)
NJ 939 081 Prior to the installation of a new organ, two trenches were excavated under the rood screen. In the northern trench the remains of a skeleton were found ina grave cut, with a small number of coffin nails. Radiocarbon dating gives a date for the burial of AD 1030-1220 (SUERC-2975; GU-11670) - well before the construction of the chapel in the early 16th century.
Masons repointing the W exterior wall of the chapel came across four broken pottery jugs. The jugs had been placed carefully behind the facing stones, set on their sides, with the rims and handles removed and the bases facing the interior of the wall. A clear indication that the jugs had been deliberately placed in the wall could be seen by the fact that, in two cases, the stones had been carefully trimmed at the rear to provide a space to accommodate them.
The vessels were originally small squat jugs, about 15cm in diameter, of a type made in the Aberdeen area between the late 14th and 16th ceenturies. Therefore, they are probably contemporary with the building of the chapel in the early 1500s.
Following recording in situ, three pots were removed from the wall and are in the care of Marischal Museum.
A Cameron 2004
Sponsor: University of Aberdeen
