Archaeology Notes

Event ID 714822

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SE 60 26466 73759.

(NT 2647 7376) Acheson House: In 1633, Sir Archibald Acheson of Clonekearney, Co. Armagh, and Secretary of State, built this house, one of the remaining interesting survivals in the City. A doorway bears the date 1679.

RCAHMS 1951.

As described above; in good condition. Door lintel on garden wall bears the date 1679 - an inscription states "Doorway taken from Elphinston House (Carberry Tower) in 1927 and placed here in 1938". (Carberry Tower - NT36NE 4)

Visited by OS (J D) 26 December 1953.

Still known as Acheson House.

Visited by OS 8 February 1954; Information from R F Landon, City Architect's Office, Edinburgh.

No change from previous information.

Visited by OS (S F S) 26 December 1953.