Standing Building Recording

Date 25 October 2012 - 3 September 2013

Event ID 993767

Category Recording

Type Standing Building Recording

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/993767

NT 24796 67784 A programme of archaeological work was carried out, 25 October 2012 – 3 September 2013, in advance of demolition and development work on the site of the Fairmile Inn at 44 Biggar Road. A standing building survey was carried out of the The Fairmile Inn, which was originally called the Hillburn Roadhouse, and was built in the 1950s. The inn was built after the demolition of an earlier building of unknown, but at least mid-19th-century date. The site is on the location of the former Bow Bridge, which was located on one of the main routes into Edinburgh. The development site had been heavily affected by the construction of the Edinburgh City Bypass in the 1980s and no finds or features of archaeological significance were recorded during the evaluation or watching brief.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Oberlanders Architects LLP

Diana Sproat and Kevin Paton, AOC Archaeology Group, 2013

(Source: DES)