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Glasgow, High Street, College Goods Yard
Building (Post Medieval), Cess Pit (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Drain (Period Unassigned), Pit (Period Unassigned), Rubbish Pit (Post Medieval)(Possible), Timber Structure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, High Street, College Goods Yard
Classification Building (Post Medieval), Cess Pit (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Drain (Period Unassigned), Pit (Period Unassigned), Rubbish Pit (Post Medieval)(Possible), Timber Structure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 44128
Site Number NS56NE 62
NGR NS 598 650
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44128
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 62 598 650.
Excavation carried out in advance of housing development. The construction in 1878 of the basement of the station had removed archaeological deposits from a large part of the area, but in the SW corner of the site a large number of medieval and post-medieval features survived. These included the stone foundations of 17th and 18th century backland buildings. Evidence for wooden structures, and a large number of cess and rubbish pits. The line of the Old, or 'Stinking' Vennel was indicated by a 19th century drain which bisected the site, but the associated structural evidence was limited to a rectangular stone and clay lined pit, probably the cellar of a post-medieval building which has left no trace. Preservation of organic material was poor, but large quantities of pottery were recovered dating from the 13th to the 19th century.
J B Kerr 1984.
