Perth, Murray Street
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Perth, Murray Street
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Foundry Lane
Canmore ID 28294
Site Number NO12SW 137
NGR NO 1159 2377
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28294
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 137 1159 2377.
Trial excavation was carried out on the 14th August 1985, on a former scrap metal yard between 9 Murray Street and the Playhouse Cinema, extending from Murray Street north to Foundry Lane. A series of long trenches was dug north from Murray Street to Foundry Lane, extending 58.5m and 1.2m to 3m deep. Natural sand and clay was seen at c.2.3m depth. Above this was a cultivated soil layer with abraded medieval pot and tobacco pipe. This was sealed by dumped clay layers containing china teacups, etc., presumably to raise the ground level for building. This was followed by slag, clinker and other debris, presumably from the foundry in Foundry Lane. Only one structure was found, a modern beam slot. The depth (2m) of man-made deposits above the cultivated soil was unexpected outside the medieval town, but appears to be entirely post-medieval.
D Bowler 1985.
