Archaeology Notes

Event ID 710007

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SE 202.02 2620 7420

NT 2620 7420 A watching brief was carried out in March 1997 on four hand-excavated engineering test pits, part of an

assessment of ground conditions associated with the boundary wall of the observatory complex. The pits, located as opposing pairs inside and outside the wall, on the NW corner and on the mid-point of the N wall, revealed identical deposits of 19th-century voided rubble which formed terraced pathways both externally and internally. Excavation was stopped at 1.2m (external) and 1.8m (internal), with the rubble continuing below the base of the test pits.

Sponsor: City of Edinburgh Council.

J A Lawson 1999.