Medieval knight's grave discovered beneath Edinburgh city car park
Medieval knight's grave discovered beneath Edinburgh city car park
Mar 13 2013
THE grave of a medieval knight and the foundations of a monastery built by a former king of Scotland have been found under an old city car park.
Archaeologists made the discoveries, with dozens of other artefacts, during the excavation of a building site in Edinburgh's Old Town.
Three buildings of historical significance were previously located in the area, the 18th-century Old High School, the 16th-century Royal High School and the 13th-century Blackfriars Monastery.
The latter was founded in 1230 by King Alexander II of Scotland but destroyed during the Protestant Reformation in 1558 and the exact location of the monastery was unknown before this archaeological dig.
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