Aberdeen, Carmelite Lane, Church
Church (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, Carmelite Lane, Church
Classification Church (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 20138
Site Number NJ90NW 227
NGR NJ 941 060
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20138
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 227 941 060
In 1891 the 'lower stage of...a buttress of the church...of Morayshire sandstone' was uncovered while rebuilding a house adjacent to 12 Carmelite Lane. To the SE of this a large number of human burials were found at the same time.
(Associated with Carmelite Friary NJ90NW 49).
Aberdeen Journal, 20 June 1891, 5; Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society 1893; J A Stones 1989.
Nothing is now visible of this fragment of church masonry.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 26 February 1997.
