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Perth, Kirk Close
No Class (Event)
Site Name Perth, Kirk Close
Classification No Class (Event)
Alternative Name(s) High Street, Ped 79
Canmore ID 28293
Site Number NO12SW 136
NGR NO 116 236
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28293
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 136 116 236.
Several 14th Century wattle structures found on sill beams with sand floors associated midden areas, gravel path and pit with well preserved collapsed wattle cover were being excavated on a backland site close to the High Street in 1970. A 15th Century stone-lined over inside an L-shaped sill beam structure was also recovered. Finds include medieval textile, leather (shoes jerkin etc) wooden bowls (one staved, three turned) two coins, quantities of bone and pottery. They have been placed in Perth Museum.
L Blanchard and L Spearman 1979; A G Reid 1985.
Stave-built wooden vessel.
J Barber 1984.
The finds from this excavation are held in Perth Museum under accession numbers PMAG 1987.42-67.
A G Reid 1987.
Excavation (1970)
Several 14th Century wattle structures found on sill beams with sand floors associated midden areas, gravel path and pit with well preserved collapsed wattle cover were being excavated on a backland site close to the High Street in 1970. A 15th Century stone-lined over inside an L-shaped sill beam structure was also recovered. Finds include medieval textile, leather (shoes jerkin etc) wooden bowls (one staved, three turned) two coins, quantities of bone and pottery. They have been placed in Perth Museum.
L Blanchard and L Spearman 1979; A G Reid 1985.
