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Archaeological Evaluation
Date 16 January 2017 - 27 January 2017
Event ID 1038037
Category Recording
Type Archaeological Evaluation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1038037
An invasive evaluation took place on an industrial site at Bonnington Road Lane, Edinburgh prior to a residential development. Eleven trenches were excavated, covering 754m sq.. The evaluation revealed elements of the Leith Distillery and its associated Bonded Stores, later Bonnington Mills and the Midlothian Oatmeal Works. Parts of the Bonnington Chemical Works were also revealed. There were few remains of the Victoria Brass Foundry which had occupied part of the site. Features included stone and bricks walls, cobbled and mortar floors, flues, culverts, ditches and pits. A small number of landscape features may have been associated with Bonnington House.
Information from Magnus Kirby and Ian Suddaby (CFA Archaeology Ltd) February 2017. OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-273259
