Peterhead, 122 Longate
No Class (Event)
Site Name Peterhead, 122 Longate
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 272694
Site Number NK14NW 505
NGR NK 1347 4630
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272694
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Peterhead
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK14NW 505 1347 4630
A 10% archaeological evaluation was carried out in May 2004 on an area of ground adjacent to the Harbour Lights public house. The site is located at the corner of Ellis Street and the N end of the Longate, in the historic core of Peterhead. In 1593, the principal thoroughfare, known as the 'King's Commongate', extended from the S end of North Street along Longate to its junction with Broadgate. A lessor road branched off from the King's Commongate and led SW to Kirktown. This road can still be traced in the alignment of Ellis Street, Backgate, Back Street, Albion Street and Errol Street. The evaluation was carried out in a single trench, 24.5 x 1m, which ran E-W along the length of the site on the N side of the pub. The total depth to natural at the E end of the trench was 1.2m, rising slightly to 1.15m at the W end.
The evaluation showed the site to have been heavily disturbed by service trenches in the eastern half of the site, while the W section at the western end was filled with demolition rubble and the possible remains of a 19th-century wall. Garden soil, generally, overlay the natural sand. No archaeological features or finds were evident.
Report to be lodged with Aberdeenshire SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: Mr I Sangster
J C Murray 2004