Concert Hall ... New and Old!

Yesterday I posted the Fair Maid's House in Perth, Scotland.

Believe it or not, right across the cobbled road from that house lies this most modern of concert halls ... the very old and the very new facing each other!

It is quite a contrast ... but it does seem to work ... and the construction of the Concert Hall revealed, at least, links with the past.

Perth Concert Hall opened its doors in September 2005 and has the wonderful, and symbolic, name of Horsecross. The Horsecross area is well-known locally and has long associations as the buzzing heart of Perth.

Before work began on the new Concert Hall, an archaeological dig had to be carried out. The dig uncovered evidence of a medieval castle, first documented in the 12th century but destroyed by flood in 1209.

Other finds included an arched stone bridge, metal objects, leather, wood, pottery, stone and bones, clay-lined tanning pits and stone-lined wells.

A series of burials identified a chapel dedicated to St Laurence. This was first mentioned in 1328, and was given to the Dominican friars in 1405. Until the dig, no archaeological evidence of the castle or chapel had existed.

The New bringing the Old to life ... !?