Ebook: Three Scottish Carmelite Friaries: Excavations at Aberdeen, Linlithgow and Perth 1980-1986

Contributions by W. E. Boyd, I. B. Cowan, T. Cowie, B. Ford, N. L. MacAskill, J. C. Murray, C. Smith a.o.

Fortuitously, three friaries of a little-known order have recently undergone rescue excavation. The extent of previous knowledge from remains and documents is outlined (13th-16th century). At Aberdeen Building 1 is interpreted as the church (with burials within). At Linlithgow fourteen phases of medieval activity were noted, mostly of construction rather than use periods, and a large number of burials came from 13th-17th century contexts, including babies and children from phase 4 of the chapel (later extended as the friary church). E, S, and part of W range buildings were also explored. At Perth Building 1 was almost certainly the friary church, again with burials, and two conventual buildings were explored. A substantial report is provided on the burials from all three sites, which illuminate many aspects of medieval conditions.