Haymarket Railway Station Capacity project

Date 18 September 2012 - 25 February 2014

Event ID 1012219

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Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1012219

Headland Archaeology was commissioned by Morgan Sindall to undertake a programme of archaeological monitoring and historic building recording during a major capacity enhancement project at Haymarket Station, Edinburgh.

Information from Jürgen van Wessel (Headland Archaeology) May 2014. OASIS ID: headland1-175801

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
1012221	RECORDING	TRIAL TRENCH	The monitoring work concentrated on the site of a former car park to the west of the main station building and revealed a number of features relating to the 19th century railway station, including an earlier railway alignment and foundations for adjacent platforms and buildings. The potential for earlier remains was found to be very low due to substantial truncation caused by the construction and expansion of the railway during the mid to late 19th century. [...]	18 September 2012
1011967	RECORDING	STANDING BUILDING RECORDING	Headland Archaeology was commissioned by Morgan Sindall to undertake a programme of archaeological monitoring and historic building recording during a major capacity enhancement project at Haymarket Station, Edinburgh. [...]	18 September 2012

Haymarket Railway Station Capacity project

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