Perth, St John's Square, Shopping Mall
No Class (Event)
Site Name Perth, St John's Square, Shopping Mall
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 28306
Site Number NO12SW 147
NGR NO 118 235
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28306
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 147 118 235.
A watching brief was begun in August 1985, to monitor the disturbance of archaeological deposits caused by deep piling with a continuous flight auger, to determine contours of deposits and their charcters, and specifically to look for an earlier alignment of Meal Vennel itself and a possible early Burgh boundary ditch as postulated from earlier excavations.
Development area covers c 1.1. hectares. The total depth of archaeological deposits is c 4m to 5m throughout the site and includes well-preserved peaty organic deposits with a maximum thickness of c 3.4m Occasional traces of indeterminate deep features occur in some of the trenches, but no trace of either an earlier medieval street or a boundary ditch along the line of Meal Vennel was visible.
A wide range of Perth Local and White Gritty pottery wares, leather fragments and wattling fragments have been recovered.
M Lind 1985
