Excavation

Date 10 April 2012 - 4 May 2012

Event ID 992931

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/992931

NT 2675 7606 A 10% evaluation was undertaken April – May 2012 on the site of a proposed housing development at 72–92 Great Junction Street. The works identified evidence for the medieval and post-medieval occupation of Leith. The main feature identified consisted of a NW–SE aligned ditch, which represents the remaining fragment of the 16th-century defences of Leith. The ditch was identified across the entire development. A series of features post-dating the ditch were also identified and comprise large rubbish pits. Subsequent development on the site consisted of the infilling of the ditches and the construction of a well in the 18th century. Finds included 16th- to 18th-century ceramics.

Archive: RCAHMS

Funder: Port of Leith Housing Association

Information from Martin Cook (AOC Archaeology Group) May 2012. OASIS ID: aocarcha1-119549 and

Martin Cook, AOC Archaeology Group

2012