St Andrews, St Leonard's School
Wall(S) (Period Unassigned), Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Andrews, St Leonard's School
Classification Wall(S) (Period Unassigned), Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 330081
Site Number NO51NW 731
NGR NO 51523 16490
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/330081
- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
Test Pit Survey (21 July 2010 - 23 July 2010)
A series of test pits were excavated within the grounds of St Leonards School, St Andrews in advance of geotechnical site investigations. The work was undertaken under Scheduled Monument Consent. The remains of a sandstone cobbled surface was discovered in one test pit, sealed by topsoil and ash and set on made ground deposits. The surface is likely to be the remains of a former path or track leading from the main town wall entrance to St Catherine's House. Its lack of depth suggests that it is fairly recent in date. The soil profiles evealed in the test pits indicate that the area to the south of St Catherine's House has been extensively built up and landscaped. Potential traces of the ground surface prior to landscaping were revealed to the east of the investigation area. No other archaeological remains were discovered.
Information from Oasis (cfaarcha1-81515) 26 March 2013
Archaeological Evaluation (25 May 2012)
A programme of archaeological investigation and recording was carried out on the remains of a wall and well, which had been discovered during ground breaking works during construction of a new extension at St Leonard's New Park School, St Andrews. The well appears to be in the approximate location of a draw well depicted on the Ordnance Survey Town Plan of 1854. The draw well lay in the south-east corner of a trapezoidal plot of land with a path running around its interior, to the east of the Abbey Mill. This feature is annotated as a pump on the 1893 Town Plan. The function of the trapezoidal plot of land is unclear from the mapping. The wall recorded to the east of the well is possibly the boundary wall of this plot of land.
Information from Oasis (cfaarcha1-128076) 26 March 2013
Change Of Classification (11 December 2013)
The classification of this site was changed from school to well and wall on the basis of what the contents of the existing descriptions.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 11 December 2013.
Watching Brief (15 August 2016 - 16 August 2016)
NO 5148 1650 A series of test pits was excavated, 15–16 August 2016, within the grounds of St Leonards School, in advance of geotechnical site investigations. The work was undertaken under scheduled monument consent. The remains of two substantial sandstone walls were discovered
in two separate pits, sealed by topsoil and made ground deposits. Deeply stratified buried soil deposits were noted across the site indicating high archaeological potential in the area.
Archive: NRHE and Fife SMR
Funder: Elliott and Company
Stuart Mitchell – CFA Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
