St.andrews, Priorsgate
Well (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Tile (Medieval)
Site Name St.andrews, Priorsgate
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Tile (Medieval)
Canmore ID 34333
Site Number NO51NW 47
NGR NO 5130 1661
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34333
- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO51NW 47 5130 1661.
Well or sump.
In garden of Priorsgate; underground stone structure, coursed, cone shaped. Base 3.7m below modern surface; top 0.6m below modern surface. Walls straight from base to 1.3 above base, corbelled above. Maximum diameter 2.5m, minim um diameter at mouth 0.7m. Fill at base of large stones and dirty sand with small chunks of sandstone. Above 1m fill was mainly clean sand (builder's) rubble, except in centre where sand was dirty, mixed with soil which had percolated from the top. Damaged on W side when a pipe was laid nearby. This area had been repaired with wooden boards. On N was an inlet and on SSW a socket, about 0.5m from the top. No clear indication of use of structure. Rubble fill may date from rebuilding of Priorsgate in late 18th century, which could indicate structure was out of use by that time.
E Proudfoot 1982
Watching Brief (5 May 2010 - 11 June 2010)
NO 513 166 (centred on) A watching brief was maintained during the digging of four trenches to house new sign boards at St. Andrews Cathedral, Fife. A record was also made of the removal of an existing sign. As to be expected on a site of such historical importance with a long history of occupation, even these relatively shallow trenches threw up evidence from the distant past in the form of a fragment of medieval floor tile. Little else of archaeological significance was recovered during the course of these works, however given the site's importance and the undoubted extensive archaeological deposits that survive relatively close to the ground surface, any future ground-breaking works should be carried out under close archaeological supervision.
Information from Oasis (kirkdale1-279400) 10 July 2018
G Ewart 2010
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology