Cameron, A. (2016). Kirkton Cemetery, Fraserburgh, AB43 9TE. Aberdeen: Cameron Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1045814. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Kirkton Cemetery, Fraserburgh, AB43 9TE
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Series:		 Cameron Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was carried out on 18 July 2016 around the grave opened by Aberdeenshire Council staff on 8.7.16. A trench had been cut into this former agricultural land, possibly in the early 20th century prior to the 1977 extension of the cemetery. Tin cans, glass bottles, ceramics, wood and human bones had been deposited. The linear nature of this feature suggests that it may not be as simple as a dump of rubbish, but no drainage pipe was uncovered and drainage is unlikely to have been required in the sandy soil. Four or five years prior to this evaluation a black alkathene pipe had been laid into a trench parallel and south of the 1870s south wall of the cemetery. This trench had disturbed the earlier cut and also the foundation trench of the 1870s graveyard wall. Pottery, glass, a coffin handle, wood and human bones were backfilled into this trench. The presence of human bones in the early 20th century trench outwith the extent of the graveyard at that time suggests that graves may have been present within the agricultural field to the south of the 19th-century graveyard. These may have been associated with the 13th-century Philorth graveyard, but their original deposition site is at present unknown. As further human bones are likely to be present in the eastern extension of feature 7 an archaeologist should be present when the N line of graves is dug. There is a possibility that there are undisturbed human remains within the remainder of the 1977 cemetery extension and a geophysical survey of the area prior to further gravedigging would help to determine this.
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Author:		 Alison Cameron ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Cameron Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic Environment Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray and Aberdeen City (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: Kirkton Cemetery, Fraserburgh, AB43 9TE
County: Aberdeenshire
Parish: FRASERBURGH
Country: Scotland
Grid Reference: 400097, 865368 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) HUMAN BONES (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) TIN CANS (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) VESSEL GLASS (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) REBURIAL (Monus)
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OASIS Id: camerona1-259025
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Created Date:		 12 Feb 2018