Archaeological Evaluation
Date 10 January 2017 - 12 January 2017
Event ID 1022474
Category Recording
Type Archaeological Evaluation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1022474
NT 30135 74061 An evaluation was undertaken, 10–12 January 2017, on land previously occupied by warehouses and offices at 1–7 Baileyfield Crescent. The evaluation revealed that the Phase 1 area consists of modern hard standing covering >4m of dumped material from the early 19th to mid-20th century. The trenches and test pits identified numerous dumped deposits across the evaluation area, with tip lines present throughout each trench indicating that the dumped material was being brought into the site from the northern edge. A probable brick floor relating
to a late 19th-century building was also revealed within Trench 5 at a depth of 3.1m. Some samples of pottery and glass were recovered from some of the dumped horizons for further analysis.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: BDW Trading Ltd and Standard Life Assurance Ltd
Kevin Paton – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
