Aberdeen, The Chanonry, St Machar's Cathedral, Bishop's Hospital
Almshouse (16th Century), Hospital (16th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, The Chanonry, St Machar's Cathedral, Bishop's Hospital
Classification Almshouse (16th Century), Hospital (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St Mary's Hospital
Canmore ID 20218
Site Number NJ90NW 9.02
NGR NJ 9383 0878
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20218
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 9.02 9383 0878
(NJ 9383 0878) Site of Bishop's Hospital (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1974).
The site of an almshouse, dedicated to St Mary, and founded by Bishop Gavin Dunbar 1531-2. It was for twelve old men and continued in existence until 1786 when the proprietor of Seton exchanged this site for a large house in Don Street where the bedesmen lived for a time. There is no trace of the almshouse.
Visited by OS (JLD) 12 September 1952.
J Milne 1911; D E Easson 1957.
A short section of wall, now incorporated in the boundary wall of Seaton Park, is probably a fragment of Dunbar's Hospital. It is of rubble and mortar construction, and incorporates what is either a blocked window or aumbry.
MS/992/8
