Angus HER - NO75NW0025 - 32 CASTLE STREET, MONTROSE

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Primary ReferenceNO75NW0025
Name32 CASTLE STREET, MONTROSE
NRHE Card No.NO75NW25
NRHE Numlink 36237
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details 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.
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Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
1983 Excavation

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
FLOORS REMAINS OFB100
HEARTHS REMAINS OFC100
PITS REMAINS OFD100
MIDDENS  E100
POTTERY SCARBOROUGHF100
SHELLS  G100