Document record MAB62169 - 32 CASTLE STREET, MONTROSE

Excavation of Medieval deposits.

Excavation of Medieval deposits. Redevelopment of no. 32 Castle Street, Montrose after demolition of 19th century church, allowed seven weeks for archaeological examination in March and April 1983. The front of the site produced two superimposed floor levels containing hearths and late 13th century pottery. A series of pits occupied the centre of the site whilst the rear of the site was covered with a series of midden deposits dating from the 13th to 15th centuries. The midden deposits contained substantial molluscan remains. The medieval deposits lay on wind-blown sand deposits which in turn lay on a fossil plough-soil which produced one sherd of prehistoric pot from its lower level. The digging of foundations for an extension to no. 29 Bridge Street, showed that the midden deposit partly excavated at 32 Castle Street extended at least another 20m westwards. Amongst several sherds of medieval pottery recovered from the spoil of the foundation trenches was one piece of Scarborough Ware.

Sherriff, J, 1983, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SAB11039.

Sherriff, J, 1983, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 36 (Bibliographic reference). SAB11038.

SHERRIFF, J R, 1983, TRIAL EXCAVATION AT 32 CASTLE STREET, MONTROSE, 1983, Trial trenching rep (Bibliographic reference). SAB4830.

SHERRIFF, J R, 1993, TRIAL EXCAVATIONS IN TWO ANGUS BURGHS. PSAS 122 (1992), 355-365, 355-365 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1728.

SUAT, 1999, Historic Montrose:the archaeological implications, 18 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3342.

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