Title: |
Archaeological Watching Brief at The Fair Maid's House 21 and 23 North Port PERTH |
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Alder Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Alder Archaeology undertook an archaeological watching brief on the site of the redevelopment of the Fair Maid's House, 21 and 23 North Port, Perth as the collections store and study area of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. The garden area to the rear of the building was lowered for the construction of an extension to house the collections of the RSGS. Medieval pottery and animal bones, including the spine of a cow, were recovered from a garden soil that sealed a linear slot cut into the natural, possibly a boundary on a different alignment from the present boundaries; one sherd of medieval pottery was recovered from the fill of the slot. The feature had been previously identified during an evaluation of the site by CFA in 2006. A pit lined with a barrel, used as a mortar mixer, was cut into the garden soil. A stone-lined well was found under a boundary wall. The foundations of the north or back wall of the Fair Maid's House (No 23 North Port) were revealed and recorded, as were the foundations of the original back wall of No 21 North Port. The foundations of two possible former buttresses were recorded: one underneath the present buttress built in 1893/4, the other outside the ground floor window. The present buttress contains two reused stones; a third reused stone was displaced from the buttress during the redevelopment. The insertion of a new access in the 19th-century gable between Nos 21 and 23 North Port uncovered a number of reused stones, none of evidently medieval date. The digging of two pits for supports for a new stair inside No 21 North Port revealed that the building had been built over a garden soil, and over a possible gravel path on a similar alignment to the old boundary found outside. Most of the deposits inside the building were post-medieval or recent, including a stone floor, patched with cobbles and bricks. |
Author: |
D Perry
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Publisher: |
Alder Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Locations: |
Site: |
21 and 23 North Port (Fair Maid's House), Perth |
Parish: |
PERTH |
County: |
Perth and Kinross |
Country: |
Scotland |
Grid Reference: 311830, 723800 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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ANIMAL REMAINS
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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ANIMAL REMAINS
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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POT
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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POT
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Hall
(Monus)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Hall
(Monus)
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MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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HOUSE
(Monument Type Scotland)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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HOUSE
(Monument Type Scotland)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
alderarc1-94087 |
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Note: |
A4 report
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |