Brechin, Maison Dieu
No Class (Event)
Site Name Brechin, Maison Dieu
Classification No Class (Event)
Alternative Name(s) Maisondieu
Canmore ID 279843
Site Number NO56SE 305
NGR NO 5962 6031
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/279843
- Council Angus
- Parish Brechin
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO 5962 6031 Angus Council Roads Department commissioned SUAT to undertake an archaeological watching brief on the site of a road improvement scheme adjacent to Maison Dieu, Brechin, in February 2006. The scheme involved the conversion of part of a school playground into a car park, and the widening of Maison Dieu Lane to afford better intervisibility for patrons of the car park and road users. The site was a tarmac-covered playground on the N side of Maison Dieu Lane, 20m W of a scheduled ancient monument comprising upstanding medieval structural remains representing a chapel (SAM 90040). Intervening between the site and the chapel was a private dwelling and garden.
A wall fronting Maison Dieu lane was demolished and re-located 1.64m further N, to facilitate widening of the lane. A trench 0.80m wide, 20.00m long and 0.45m deep was excavated for the reconstructed wall, on an E-N-E to W-S-W alignment. In addition, the concrete floor of a small outbuilding of the school was removed, prior to demolition of the building. These operations were monitored by an archaeologist, but no features of archaeological significance were exposed.
Archive deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Angus Council Roads Department.
C Fyles, 2006.
