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Trial trenching in 1979 by Aberdeen City Council Archaeological Unit recorded evidence of the use of the area for medieval backland dumping and cultivation. This area was examined in 1979 following the discovery by demolition workers of two coins (sterlings) of Edward I, and in an attempt to establish how far medieval activity extended northwards towards the Loch of Aberdeen. The site lay to the north of that later excavated at 30-46 Upperkirkgate. A simple sequence of post-medieval and medieval garden soil over the natural subsoil was established. A cess-pit and a possible east to west aligned boundary ditch were discovered cut into the subsoil. The finds from this site are in the collections of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums.