Alternative Names E6; St Paul's Street, Farquhar And Gill's; Boys' Hospital (Former); Anderson's Mansion; Drum's Lane
Site type UNIDENTIFIED FLINT(S) (FLINT)
Canmore ID 20212
Site Number NJ90NW 86
NGR NJ 9412 0649
Council ABERDEEN, CITY OF
Parish ABERDEEN
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District CITY OF ABERDEEN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ90NW 86 9412 0649

(Location cited as NJ 9412 0648 and site-name as St Paul's Street, Farquhar and Gill's). Large-scale excavation by C M Brooks (as a Job Creation Project) over the winter of 1977-8 examined an area formerly occupied by warehouses and revealed undisturbed medieval deposits which were rich in organic debris, and also traces of an early wattle structure. There were also identified: rigs of 12th century date, pits; middens, a bread oven and traces of five houses of the 13th century and a 14th century house. There is extensive documentary evidence for work- and craft-shops on the site since the 16th century.
(Newspaper, magazine and other references listed; location of finds not specified].
NMRS, MS/712/83.

Of the 141 pieces of flint recovered from the excavation of 42 St Paul Street in the 1970's, a total of 93 appear to be of Mesolithic date, including cores, microburins, a burin spall, scrapers, a wedge and a number of flakes. The finds from the excavation are now in Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 28 May 1997.

Architectural Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:
Aberdeen, 42 St. Paul Street.
Built c. 1741. Demolished 1977.
Re-used as Boys' Hospital.
Later incorporated into Farquar & Gill Warehouse.

Brooks, C M (1974b) 'Aberdeen, St Paul's Street', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 80

Fraser and Dickson, M and J H (1982) 'Plant remains', in Murray, J C Excavations in the medieval burgh of Aberdeen 1973-81, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series No.2 Edinburgh
Page(s): 239-43

Hodgson and Jones, G W I and A (1982) 'The animal bone', in Murray, J C Excavations in the medieval burgh of Aberdeen 1973-81, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series No.2 Edinburgh
Page(s): 229-38