Document record MAB57071 - 12 MARTIN'S LANE, ABERDEEN

Excavation of part of the medieval Carmelite friary (NJ90NW0006) was carried out by Aberdeen City Council Archaeological Unit in 1980-1.

Excavation of part of the medieval Carmelite friary (NJ90NW0006) was carried out by Aberdeen City Council Archaeological Unit in 1980-1. It recorded the south-west corner of the Carmelite friary church, which had two surviving buttresses, one with a mason's mark. Remains of a lead water pipe were found, which supplied the friary from the late 13th century. Many small objects were recovered including book fittings, window glass and leading, stone roof slates and shroud pins. A total of 126 burials were excavated from within the church; one had a copper-alloy bracelet around the wrist. Diseases identified on the remains included tuberculosis and osteomyelitis and there were several fractured bones, a healed blade wound to a skull and many examples of the diseases of the elderly. The finds from this site are in the collections of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums. A plaque in the present car park (on south facing wall NJ90NW1293 near the end of St Martin's Lane) records the excavation and site of the friary,

COUNCIL FOR SCOTTISH ARCHAEOLOGY, 1981, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND 1980, p.10 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8212.

DENNISON, E, 1997, HISTORIC ABERDEEN: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT. THE SCOTTISH BURGH SURVEY, p. 75 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4057.

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