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Archaeological Evaluation
Date 1 November 2011 - 4 November 2011
Event ID 992930
Category Recording
Type Archaeological Evaluation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/992930
NT 2248 7214 An evaluation was undertaken 1–4 November 2011 at 396–410 Gorgie Road, prior to the proposed development of student accommodation. A total of five trenches were excavated, two of which were placed on the supposed site of Gorgie House. This was dated to the 17th century by the RCAHMS during a site visit prior to its demolition in 1937. These trenches contained the remains of a square building present on the 1855 OS 1st Edition map and probably associated with the 19th-century industrial buildings to the S and W. No trace of a medieval or early post-medieval structure was located and it is possible that Gorgie House was sited to the NE, outside the development area. The remaining trenches uncovered the remains of a recently demolished early 19th-century building and an associated wooden structure.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: CECAS and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Chamic Developments Ltd
Ross Murray, Headland Archaeology Ltd
2012
