Watching Brief

Date 30 July 2015 - 5 April 2016

Event ID 1025751

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1025751

NT 00345 77008 A survey was carried out, 30 July – 12 August 2015, of Learmonth Gardens in advance of the construction of a balustrade and gate between the first and second step of the walls. The gardens form part of the medieval settlement of Linlithgow; however, the current retaining walls date to

1842, when railway tracks were built through several High Street burgage plots. Modern changes have also been made to the walls, with the upper level, first and second steps of the wall being rebuilt.

A watching brief was undertaken, 5 April 2016, in advance of the placement of underground electricity cables. The excavation of a 43.4m long by 0.4m wide and 0.5–0.6m deep trench recorded no finds or features of archaeological significance.

Archive: NRHE

Funder: West Lothian Council

Ariane Buschmann, Mark Lawson and Richard Newman – Wardell Armstrong Archaeology

(Source: DES, Volume 17)