Watching Brief

Date 3 April 2007

Event ID 557392

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

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NT 2569 7363 A Level 3 standing building survey and archaeological watching brief were carried out during April 2007 at 1 Advocate's Close, prior to a programme of redevelopment as a domestic dwelling. The site was occupied by the remains of a 17th-century building that survived at first floor level with ashlar and roll-moulded stonework surrounding three blocked windows.

Historical evidence shows this fabric was incorporated into a new tenement building that was demolished down to first floor level some time before 1860. The building remained a derelict shell with minor alterations for non-domestic use before the 1930s. An archaeological watching brief monitoring the removal of the

internal deposits confirmed the presence of a coal bunker. A late medieval pit was identified below the coal bunker and contained midden material (pot, bone and shell).

Report deposited with CECAS. Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS.

Funder: Station Properties Ltd.