Mealmarket Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name Mealmarket Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 238687
Site Number NJ90NW 1928
NGR NJ 943 066
NGR Description Centred on NJ 943 066
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/238687
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 1928 centred 943 066
NJ 943 066 Assessment trenches in October 2001 revealed up to 3m depth of cotton-grass peat. Developer bores determined the depth to be 8m in places. There was no evidence of medieval features, but the area had been a low-lying marshland in the medieval period.
Archive deposited in Aberdeen City SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: Ardmuir.
A Cameron 2002.
Watching Brief (15 November 2011 - 1 May 2012)
A watching brief was carried out from 15 November 2011- 1 May 2012 on trenches excavated for the City Centre Heating Phase 1 (Aberdeen City Council Planning references P110789, P111251 and change of route P120455). The trench for laying the pipes starts at The Beach Ballroom, Links Road (AB24 5NR), runs SW along Links Road, along Constitution Street, around Constitution Court, along Wales Street, across Park Street, along Frederick Street, north along King Street, Mealmarket Street, West North Street to Mitchell Hall (AB24 5AS) and also SW along Longacre and Queen Street to Grampian Police HQ and Aberdeen City Council Town House (AB10 1BS).
Information from Oasis (camerona1-125584) 24 July 2012
NJ 95273 07178 (Beach Ballroom) – NJ 94325 06603 (West North Street) – NJ 94325 06405 A watching brief was maintained, 17 November 2011 – 1 May 2012, during the excavation of trenches for new heating pipes. The trenches running from The Town House, Broad Street to Aberdeen Leisure Centre, Beach Boulevard were 1.5m wide and 1.2m deep. The foundations of 19th-century tenements were recorded in Broad Street and garden soils in Mealmarket Street.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Aberdeen Heat and Power
Alison Cameron (Cameron Archaeology) July 2012
