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Watching Brief
Date December 2015
Event ID 1013222
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013222
A watching brief was carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd during floor level
reduction works in the basement of 85-87 South Bridge, City of Edinburgh. The watching brief identified levelling deposits below flagstone floors in Rooms 1/3, 1/5 and 1/6 and in the passageway that led from Room 1/4. These deposits were interpreted to be contemporary with the construction / use of the building and were devoid of any archaeologically significant finds. In Room 1/4, the southern half of Room 1/3 and part of the northern portion of Room 1/5 20th Century disturbance caused during alterations to the building had removed any in situ deposits. In room 1/5 below the levelling deposits a midden deposit was identified. No dateable artefacts
were recovered but the consistency of the material and inclusion of significant quantities of oyster shells along with bone fragments and a horn core suggest that this was probably an in situ medieval / post medieval midden and therefore earlier than the overlying building.
Information from Ewan MacNeilage (CFA Archaeology Ltd) January 2016. OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-246332
