Dunfermline, St Margaret's Street, Dunfermline Abbey
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dunfermline, St Margaret's Street, Dunfermline Abbey
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 81275
Site Number NT08NE 1.13
NGR NT 089 872
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81275
- Council Fife
- Parish Dunfermline
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT08NE 1.13 089 872
A watching brief was undertaken by Scotia Archaeology Limited during the excavation of narrow trenches to accommodate the cables of an external lighting system at the abbey. To the N of the church several recumbent post-Reformation grave slabs were uncovered, as were two possible walls and what appeared to be a paved area comprising mainly fire-reddened, snadstone flags. Trenching on the S side of the church, along Maonastry Street and just inside Pittencrieff park was all through recently disturbed ground and nothing of archaeological interest was uncovered in those areas.
Sponsors: Lighting Design Partnership, Dunfermline District Council.
A Barlow 1993.
Watching Brief (1993)
A watching brief was undertaken by Scotia Archaeology Limited during the excavation of narrow trenches to accommodate the cables of an external lighting system at the abbey. To the N of the church several recumbent post-Reformation grave slabs were uncovered, as were two possible walls and what appeared to be a paved area comprising mainly fire-reddened, snadstone flags. Trenching on the S side of the church, along Maonastry Street and just inside Pittencrieff park was all through recently disturbed ground and nothing of archaeological interest was uncovered in those areas.
Sponsors: Lighting Design Partnership, Dunfermline District Council.
A Barlow 1993.
