Falkirk, Vicar Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name Falkirk, Vicar Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 46971
Site Number NS88SE 69
NGR NS 888 800
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88SE 69 888 800.
Excavation at the junction of Vicar Street-Bank Street revealed that this part of the town had not been developed until the late 16th Century. Above the natural deposits of sand lay a 30cm deep cultivation soil containing 14th-15th Century pottery. The top of this layer had been truncated by later development and cut by the foundations of various stone structures. The earliest of these consisted of very massive dry, and clay bonded stone foundations. The rear building clearly predated the Falkirk Union Bank building of 1805 and, like it, only had shalllow foundations. It fronted on to Bank Street but was set well away from the present street frontage of 1784. Amongst the finds was an almost complete bowl with stamped decorations and internal green glaze, probably 16th Century in date.
G B Bailey 1985.