Watching Brief

Date 1996

Event ID 551159

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/551159

NT 2699 7670 A watching brief was carried out as part of a grant of Scheduled Monument Consent for trial pitting and construction on the N side of the lock built by John Rennie between 1800-06 as the entrance to his East Old Dock (now infilled). The work revealed details of the construction and engineering of the lock, in particular the cantilever arrangement of the bases of the lock-gate winches in relation to the N wall of the lock, with which they were integral.

Sponsor: Morrison Homes Ltd.

M A Collard 1996.