Archaeology Notes

Event ID 850789

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27NE 57.33 26987 76693

Formerly entered as NT27NE 283.

For (1996) watching brief at NT 2699 7670, see NT27NE 57.09.

For lock-keeper's lodge (NT 27006 76679), see NT27NE 57.43.

Swing-Bridge [NAT]

OS 1:1250 map, 1974.

Lock [NAT]

Swing-bridge [NAT]

OS (GIS) ep. 4.

Only the East Dock entrance (NT57NE 57.33) can now be seen of the Rennie's Old Docks at Leith. The West and East Old Docks (NT27NE 57.32 and NT27NE 57.41 respectively) were apparently infilled by 1974, when their area is indicated as an open space on the OS 1:1250 map. This area is now occupied by the Victoria Quay building (NT27NE 861) of the Scottish Executive (formerly Scottish Office).

The available map evidence (1974) indicates that the swing bridge has swinging-recesses on both sides.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 February 2006.