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Perth, St Ann`s Lane
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Perth, St Ann`s Lane
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 28300
Site Number NO12SW 141
NGR NO 1193 2349
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28300
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 141 1193 2349.
A trial trench was opened in St Ann's Lane to the S of St John's
Church with the aim of assessing the existence and depth of any surviving medieval levels in the area. Rubble overburden to a depth
of c. 1m was removed by machine and revealed a midden area covering c
12 x 13m of the trench. A substantial quantiy of the midden was removed yielding an abundance of medieval pottery,
animal and fish bones and oyster shells. Other finds included small pieces of leather and cloth, three bone pins, one bronze pin and over 50 small glass beads. Undisturbed natural was revealed at a depth of 3.5m below the present ground surface. In the absence of any evidence of
any structure dating to the medieval period it is assumed that the
site lay open allowing the midden to accumulate. The midden probably covers the late 12th to 14th century. Finds placed in Dundee Museum.
L M Thoms 1975; M E C Steward and L M Thoms 1976; L E Webster and J E Cherry 1976.
Finds and archive from the excavation at St Ann's Lane have been donated to Perth Museum and Art Gallery and are held under accession numbers PMAG 1989.83-100.
M D King 1990.
