Aberdeen City HER - NJ90NW0661 - CARMELITE LANE, ABERDEEN

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ90NW0661
NameCARMELITE LANE, ABERDEEN
NMRS Card No.NJ90NW227
NMRS Numlink20138
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details Burials found in 1891 during building works southeast of 12 Carmelite Lane. Probably associated with the Carmelite Friary (NJ90NW0006). G M Fraser, writing in 1904 in his history of 'The Green', records the following, "...in June 1891, when, in the course of some digging operations in Carmelite Lane, the workmen came upon part of the old Carmelite burial place. The quantity of bones disclosed on that occasion (without the slightest trace of coffin or enclosing material of any kind) indicated the considerable use that had been made of the Carmelite cemetery. On the same occasion a portion of the old Carmelite Chapel was brought to light - the lower part of a buttress, of Morayshire sandstone."
Last Update18/08/2021

National Grid Reference: NJ 9416 0609


Easting: 0, Northing: 0

CompilerACU
Date of Compilation13/09/2017

Event Details

Event DateEvent Type
1905 Field Observation

Excavations and Surveys


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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
BURIALS  A100

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Aberdeen
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 15-20m
Buffer Type Standard
Capture Scale Unknown
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude15
Geology 
Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1W
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Urban
Vegetation
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Hydrology 

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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD) A90    

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Maritime Archaeology

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