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The supposed site of the Chapel of the Almonry, otherwise called the Chapel of St Michael the Archangel, according to the ONB. It was erected previous to 1427 and was dependent on the Abbey. The chapel stood a little way back from the High Street and on the south side of the Almonry House. Cowan notes that the almonry of the Abbey was rather unusually situated outwith the monastic precinct, lying close to the chapel of St Michael. Its foundation was presumably coeval with that of the abbey, but early references are lacking. It does however frequently appear on record during the 15th and 16th centuries. Four trenches were opened up (by Scottish Urban Archaeological Trust) in advance of development in 1993 on this site (between James Street and Church Street) which may have been part of the almonry of Arbroath Abbey (NO64SW0018). These revealed modern foundations, a basement and large rubble infill on the north-eastern part of the site and deep garden soil on the southern part. The garden soil contained some sherds of medieval pottery which probably indicate horticultural activity dating from that period. No remains that could be identified as belonging to the almonry buildings of Arbroath Abbey were encountered.
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NO64SW0019 - ARBROATH