Viking and Early Medieval Buildings in Dublin: A study of the buildings excavated under the direction of A.B. Ó Ríordáin in High Street, Winetavern Street and Christchurch Place, Dublin, 1962-63, 1967-76

The archaeology of burgage plots in Scottish medieval towns: a review

“…The constructional detail and internal layout of medieval urban timber buildings are not considered in this paper but have been the subject of detailed study in their own right (Murray 1980;and below). Nevertheless, the location, spatial distribution and access arrangements of buildings, and how they functioned within the plot, are all of particular interest to this survey.…”

“…Our present understanding of medieval timber buildings is largely derived from a group of sites excavated in Aberdeen, Inverness and Perth in the 1970s and early 1980s. Around 40 buildings of 12th-14th-century date from sites in these burghs have been studied by Murray (1980). In general, the buildings were rectangular on plan, the smaller buildings measuring 6 to 8m in length, the larger ones up to 15m.…”