Date 30 August 2011 - 31 August 2011
Event ID 980309
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/980309
The excavation of a service trench to the rear of Acheson House, 140 Canongate, Edinburgh. The site is part of the Museum of Edinburgh and is currently being refurbished. The site lies within the medieval core of Edinburgh, within the bounds of the World Heritage Site. Workmen had already collected numerous finds from the soil overlying an existing pipe. Further excavation revealed two thirds of the trench comprised backfill from two separate pipe trenches. Natural bedrock was overlain in the west half of the trench by a layer of light brown clayey silt. A feature filled with stone rubble was cut through this deposit but was not excavated. The feature was overlain by a thin band of midden deposit. At the east end of the trench were the remains of a wall cut into the natural slope, with midden deposits abutting it. These deposits are thought to pre-date the construction of Acheson House in 1633. A thick layer of post-medieval midden debris overlay these features. The remains of a brick path were found in the centre of the trench, truncated by the two pipes. Map evidence suggests demolition of structures to the rear of the house took place in the first half of the 19th century; a brick path in the new open yard or garden may have been added at this time.
Headland Archaeology 2011 (E. Jones) OASIS ID: headland1-108926
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Edinburgh, 140 Canongate, Acheson House
House (17th Century)
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Report illustration 3, caption 'working shot' - of the excavation of trench 1, from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Working view, excavating west end of trench, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Trench after removal of topsoil showing feature 002, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Brick surface, feature 003, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Trench after removal of pipe fills, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Trench after removal of pipe fills, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Natural silt in centre of trench, plan view, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Natural silt in centre of trench, plan view, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Working view, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/2011
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Working view, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/2011
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Working view, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/2011
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Wall, showing midden to east, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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North facing section, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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South facing section, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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West end trench after removal of soil, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Stones in cut at west end of trench, photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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10/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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12/2011
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Photograph from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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Report illustration 5, view of trench 2 excavations, from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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12/2011
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Report illustration 7, mid-excavation view of trench 3, facing west, from trial trenching at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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8/2012
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Report illustration 8, trench 4 as excavated, facing south west, from trial trenching at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
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8/2012
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Finds report from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Archive from an archaeological excavation at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh
Archive from trial trenching at Acheson House, Canongate, Edinburgh