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Excavation carried out in 1977 by Aberdeen City Council Archaeological Unit recorded water-laid deposits indicating that the area was estuarine, The site, shown on Gordon's map of 1661 as garden ground with few buildings, appeared from archaeological observation during redevelopment to have been subject to flooding and waterlogging during much of the medieval period. According to the Ordnance Survey maps, this was the site of the medieval Carmelite Friary (NJ90NW0006), discovered across Rennie's Wynd at 12 Martin's Lane and excavated in 1980-81 and 1994 (NJ90NW0107).
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