St Andrews, 169, 171 South Street
House (Period Unassigned), Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Post Hole (Period Unassigned), Organic Material(S) (Bone), Organic Material (Shell), Unidentified Pottery(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name St Andrews, 169, 171 South Street
Classification House (Period Unassigned), Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Post Hole (Period Unassigned), Organic Material(S) (Bone), Organic Material (Shell), Unidentified Pottery(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 225708
Site Number NO51NW 502
NGR NO 50720 16595
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/225708
- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
Watching Brief (31 October 2007 - 31 May 2008)
NO 507 165 A watching brief was undertaken between 31 October 2007–31 May 2008. during ground-breaking works associated with a residential redevelopment. Monitoring recorded a single posthole complete with packing stones and one large pit in the garden to the rear of the property. Ground reduction was also undertaken within a listed building and to the rear of the property. During this work three large rectangular stone-lined pits complete with stone flagged bases were recorded. Much post-medieval pottery and bone and shell was recovered from these features. No significant features were seen during the underpinning of frontages of the existing South Street buildings.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Graham and Sibbald
Daniel Rhodes (AOC Archaeology Group), 2008
Also reported in Oasis aocarcha1-52827) 26 March 2013