Archaeology Notes
Event ID 863177
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NT27SE 5962 2569 7363
NT 2569 7363 A standing building survey and watching brief were carried out at No 1 Advocates Close, Edinburgh prior to a programme of site re-development into 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 sometime before 1860 down to first floor level. 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 which suggests that the building had been used as a coal shed. A late medieval pit was identified below the coal bunker and contained midden material (pot bone and shell).
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Dr M Cressey 2007