Archaeological Evaluation

Date August 2013 - September 2013

Event ID 993753

Category Recording

Type Archaeological Evaluation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/993753

NT 11141 69102 An evaluation was carried out, August–September 2013, during groundworks associated with garden landscaping at Bonnington House. A stone-built well was recorded to the E of the House and cobbled paths, relating to the garden recorded on the 1853 OS map, were recorded to the W.

A lead pipe on the interior W side of the well runs to the bottom of the well and was probably used to pump water to the house. An old pump in the basement of the house has a matching lead pipe, but no remains of a connecting pipe were found. The well is probably of 17th/18th-century date and is contemporary with the house.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Mr R Wilson

Melanie Johnson and Gary Savory, CFA Archaeology Ltd, 2013

(Source: DES)