St Andrews, Church Square
No Class (Event)
Site Name St Andrews, Church Square
Classification No Class (Event)
Alternative Name(s) Church Street
Canmore ID 79667
Site Number NO51NW 105
NGR NO 5091 1667
NGR Description NO 5091 1667 to NO 5094 1667
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO51NW 105 5091 1667 to 5094 1667
1991 excavation by SUAT in advance of water pipe.
Information from SUAT (Mr D Bowler), 4 October 1991.
N0 5089 1667 Excavations during refurbishment of the library in July and August 2003 revealed 70 articulated human skeletons and significant quantities of disarticulated skeletal material from the graveyard of the parish church of the Holy Trinity. The graveyard is known to have been active between AD 1410-1600.
A horizon of construction material, including industrial ceramic and slag, was identified pre-dating the graveyard soil. The origin of these materials is uncertain, although they may well have derived from the AD 1400 construction of the church. These sediments all overlay natural sands and gravels.
All the human skeletal material was cleared from the areas affected by the refurbishment of the public library.
Report to be lodged with Fife SMR.
Sponsor: Fife Council Technical Services.
T Rees 2003
