Watching Brief
Date 23 February 2009 - 26 February 2009
Event ID 606788
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/606788
NT 25727 73472 A watching brief was undertaken 23–26 February 2009 during the re-routing of a gas main in the close immediately to the W of the Solicitors Building, directly N of the Cowgate behind the Supreme Court buildings. The watching brief revealed the presence of presumed in situ medieval deposits and uncovered four truncated human burials. The work also recorded an assemblage of disarticulated human bone and pottery from previous groundworks associated with the insertion of modern services.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Scottish Courts Service
AOC Archaeology 2010 (L. Dunbar, A. Duffy) OASIS ID: aocarcha1-70448