Watching Brief

Date October 2018 - November 2018

Event ID 1110980

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1110980

NT 2584 7367 A watching brief was undertaken during repairs to a retaining wall. The remains of two buildings that once occupied the site, and part of North Foulis Close which ran between them, were identified buried below the current courtyard. It appears that after the buildings were demolished the walls were used to form foundations for retaining walls. This area was filled by made ground, thus creating the current courtyard.

The buildings are likely to be 17/18th century in date. They were present as depicted on the 1896 OS map, and buildings are shown on earlier maps, such as Rothiemay’s plan. They were gone by the 1908 OS map, so the buildings were clearly demolished and the courtyard created in the short period between the publication of the two OS maps.

No internal surfaces were identified in the buildings and no deposits relating to the occupation or use of these structures were identified. All finds recovered on site came from 20th century made ground.

Archive: NRHE (intended)

Funder: Maxi Construction Limited

Infomration from Bethan Gray (CFA Archaeology Ltd) January 2019. OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-335013

(Source: DES Vol 20)