Boundary Wall (19th Century)
Site Name Hmp Perth
Classification Boundary Wall (19th Century)
Canmore ID 300538
Site Number NO12SW 1188
NGR NO 116 224
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 270461
Detail of V-projection in Wall E, direction facing N
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DP 270495
Join between Wall A and Wall B, direction facing NW
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General shot of buttresses on Wall D exterior, direction facing S
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General shot of Wall B and A, direction facing S
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General shot showing Wall G and Wall F in background, direction facing S
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Demolished south end of Wall F capped with metal sheeting, direction facing N
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General shot of large buttress on exterior of Wall G, direction facing SW
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General shot of Wall G, direction facing NW
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Grave back-filled
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General shot of Wall E showing build style, direction facing N
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DP 270469
Detail of V-projection in Wall E, direction facing NE
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General shot of Wall A, direction facing S
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General shot showing build style of Wall B, direction facing W
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DP 270504
Join between Wall B and Wall C, direction facing W
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General shot of Wall B, direction facing S
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Detail at corner of Wall D showing brick buttress, direction facing W
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Detail showing batter on façade of Wall G, direction facing N
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General shot of exterior of Wall F showing buttresses, direction facing NW
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DP 270553
Demolished south end of Wall F capped with metal sheeting, direction facing N
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DP 270559
Detail of large buttress at join between Wall F and G, direction facing W
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Detail of large buttress at join between Wall F and G, direction facing W
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DP 270562
General shot of Wall G, direction facing NW
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DP 270460
Detail of V-projection in Wall E, direction facing NW
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DP 270462
Detail of V-projection in Wall E, direction facing N
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DP 270464
Detail of V-projection in Wall E, direction facing NE
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DP 270468
Detail of concrete blocked door in Wall E, direction facing N
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DP 270472
General shot of Wall D with join with wall E visible in foreground, direction facing NE
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DP 270474
General shot of join between Wall E and D, direction facing N
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DP 270476
General shot of join between Wall E and D, direction facing N
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DP 270478
General shot showing build style of Wall D, direction facing N
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DP 270482
General shot of Wall D, direction facing NW
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DP 270488
Detail of buttress on Wall A, direction facing W
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DP 270490
General view of buttresses on Wall A exterior, direction facing SW
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DP 270520
Detail at corner of Wall D showing brick buttress, direction facing SE
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DP 270521
Detail of buttress on Wall D exterior, direction facing S
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DP 270522
General shot of buttresses on Wall D exterior, direction facing W
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DP 270523
General shot of buttresses on Wall D exterior, direction facing W
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DP 270534
Detail of side of buttress on Wall A, direction facing S
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DP 270539
General shot showing build style of Wall F, direction facing E
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DP 270480
General shot of Wall D, direction facing NW
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DP 270487
Detail of buttress on Wall A, direction facing NW
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DP 270489
Detail of buttress on Wall A, direction facing W
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DP 270497
General shot of Wall B, direction facing NW
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DP 270511
Metal door at north end of Wall C, direction facing W
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DP 270513
General shot of Wall D, exterior, direction facing NW
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DP 270518
Detail at corner of Wall D showing brick buttress, direction facing W
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DP 270528
General shot of Wall D, direction facing SE
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DP 270530
Exterior of stub end of partly demolished V-projection at north end of Wall E, direction facing SE
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DP 270543
General shot of join between Wall F and G, direction facing NE
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DP 270544
General shot of Wall G, direction facing NE
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DP 270457
General shot of Wall E with V-projection, direction facing NW
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DP 270458
General shot of join between Wall E and D, direction facing N
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DP 270465
General shot of Wall E with V-projection, blocked door in foreground, direction facing NE
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DP 270477
General shot showing build style of Wall D, direction facing N
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DP 270479
General shot of Wall D, direction facing NW
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DP 270483
General shot of exterior of Wall A showing buttresses, direction facing N
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DP 270492
Join between Wall A and Wall B, direction facing W
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DP 270494
Join between Wall A and Wall B, direction facing NW
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DP 270501
General shot showing build style of Wall B, direction facing W
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DP 270510
Join between Wall B and Wall C, direction facing SW
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DP 270516
General shot showing build style of Wall D, direction facing SW
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DP 270529
Stub end of partly demolished V-projection at north end of Wall E, with later end capping, direction facing E
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DP 270540
General shot showing differential weathering between base and top of wall F, direction facing SE
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DP 270541
Join between Wall F and G, direction facing E
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DP 270545
General shot of Wall G, direction facing NE
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General shot of exterior of Wall F showing buttresses, direction facing SW
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DP 270556
Join between Wall F and G, direction facing NW
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DP 270567
View of brick wall in new grave
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Working shot of new grave location
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View of excavated new grave
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DP 270471
General shot of V-projection, blocked door and security fence, Wall D, direction facing NW
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DP 270473
General shot of Wall D with join with wall E visible in foreground, direction facing NE
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DP 270475
General shot of join between Wall E and D, direction facing N
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DP 270484
General shot of exterior of Wall A showing buttresses, direction facing N
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DP 270491
General view of buttresses on Wall A exterior, direction facing SW
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DP 270496
General shot of Wall B, direction facing NW
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General shot of Wall C, direction facing NW
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General shot showing build style of Wall D, direction facing SW
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DP 270525
General shot of buttresses on Wall D exterior, direction facing SE
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DP 270531
Exterior of stub end of partly demolished V-projection at north end of Wall E, direction facing SE
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DP 270547
General shot of Wall G, direction facing NE
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DP 270551
Detail of buttresses on exterior of Wall F, direction facing W
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DP 270557
Join between Wall F and G, direction facing NW
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General shot of Wall G, direction facing SE
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Re-intered human remains in new grave
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DP 270459
Detail of V-projection in Wall E with blocked door in background, direction facing NW
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DP 270463
Detail of V-projection in Wall E, direction facing NE
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DP 270470
Blocked door in Wall E with remnants of V-projection to W beyond security fence, direction facing W
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DP 270493
Join between Wall A and Wall B, direction facing W
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DP 270499
General shot showing build style of Wall B, direction facing W
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DP 270509
General shot of Wall C, direction facing W
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DP 270512
Metal door at north end of Wall C, direction facing W
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DP 270514
Join between Wall C and Wall D, direction facing W
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General shot showing build style of Wall D, direction facing SW
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General shot of Wall D, direction facing SW
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Detail of side of buttress on Wall A, direction facing S
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General shot of Wall F, direction facing NW
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South end of Wall F, direction facing E
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General shot showing build style of Wall F, direction facing E
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General shot showing Wall G and Wall F in background, direction facing S
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Archaeological Evaluation (4 February 2008 - 29 February 2008)
NO 116 224 An evaluation was carried on 4–29 February 2008 as part of a redevelopment programme. The site had originally been a Napoleonic prisoner-of-war camp and was subsequently converted into Scotland’s first general prison. A single trench was excavated, next to the category B-listed hospital block, which revealed both the position of the 1811 perimeter wall of the prison and stone and concrete structures associated with 20th-century activity.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Scottish Prisons Service
Kate Bain (Headland Archaeology Ltd), 2008