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Aberdeen, Carmelite Street

Human Remains (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Aberdeen, Carmelite Street

Classification Human Remains (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, Carmelite Friary, Burial-ground

Canmore ID 20140

Site Number NJ90NW 229

NGR NJ 941 060

NGR Description NJ c. 941 060

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeen, City Of
  • Parish Aberdeen
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District City Of Aberdeen
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ90NW 229 c. 941 060

See also NJ90NW 49 and NJ90NW 228.

A human leg bone was discovered far below the pavement outside 10 Carmelite Street in 1924.

(Associated with Carmelite friary NJ90NW 49.)

G M Fraser undated; J A Stones 1989.

This burial, which was found in 1924, may have been associated with the burial-ground of the Carmelite Friary. (See also NJ90NW 49, NJ90NW 226, NJ90NW 227, NJ90NW 228 & 267).

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 26 February 1997.

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