Edinburgh, Portobello, Joppa Salt Pans
Salt Works (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Portobello, Joppa Salt Pans
Classification Salt Works (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Joppa Pans House
Canmore ID 113108
Site Number NT37SW 214
NGR NT 3210 7340
NGR Description Centred NT 3210 7340
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113108
![Archaeological excavation, Bricks [048] from above showing burnt bricks, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350543.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Detail of Cast Iron door [051], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350563.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Arch [023] full extent of S face, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350601.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Detail of Cast Iron door [051], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350562.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Degraded/heat affected sandstone wall [054], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350575.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of N end of flues [052] and [053], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350586.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Wall foundation [1010] in Trench 2, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350457.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of flue [035], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350564.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Wall [004] in Trench 1, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350455.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Wall [1014] in Trench 3, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350461.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Wall [1024] in Trench 6, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350466.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Brick wall [002] in blowhole section, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350497.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Flues [052] and [053], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350569.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Flue [052] following removal of infill, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350615.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, General view of stone wall [009] in section, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350488.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Detail of S end of wall [054], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350592.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, View of brick floor [013] and wall [011], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350493.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, E facing section of wall [021], frontal, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350517.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Foundation wall [1021] in Trench 6, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350469.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, W facing elevation of wall [021], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350538.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Arch [024] full extent of S face, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00350599.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Bricks [048] from above showing burnt bricks, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350543.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Detail of Cast Iron door [051], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350563.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Arch [023] full extent of S face, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350601.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Detail of Cast Iron door [051], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350562.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Degraded/heat affected sandstone wall [054], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350575.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of N end of flues [052] and [053], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350586.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Wall foundation [1010] in Trench 2, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350457.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of flue [035], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350564.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Wall [004] in Trench 1, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350455.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Wall [1014] in Trench 3, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350461.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Wall [1024] in Trench 6, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350466.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Brick wall [002] in blowhole section, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350497.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Flues [052] and [053], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350569.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Flue [052] following removal of infill, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350615.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, General view of stone wall [009] in section, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350488.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Detail of S end of wall [054], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350592.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, View of brick floor [013] and wall [011], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350493.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, E facing section of wall [021], frontal, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350517.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Foundation wall [1021] in Trench 6, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350469.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, W facing elevation of wall [021], Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350538.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Arch [024] full extent of S face, Joppa Salt Pan Works](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00350599.jpg)
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SW 214 centred 3210 7340
Site recorded during a rapid coastal survey undertaken by GUARD of the S shore of the Firth of Forth from Dunbar to Stirling and along the N shore of the Forth to the Fife border. A gazetteer of all sites including listed buildings, designed landscapes, scheduled and unscheduled monuments was produced. Full details of the survey can be consulted in the report held by the NMRS.
NT 321 734 Salt pans
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996.
Rectangular rock cut feature 15m by 10m in foreshore rocks below Joppa Pans House. Also an associated channel, possibly rock cut, utilising a natural fissure, which leads straight to the sea. The house may be contemporary.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 23rd February 1996.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Edinburgh, Joppa Salt Pans which were Category B Listed were mostly demolished c.1960. Information from NMRS Demolitions catalogue.
Field Visit (23 February 1996)
Rectangular rock cut feature 15m by 10m in foreshore rocks below Joppa Pans House. Also an associated channel, possibly rock cut, utilising a natural fissure, which leads straight to the sea. The house may be contemporary.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 23rd February 1996.
Archaeological Evaluation (28 September 2010 - 29 September 2010)
NT 3210 7340 A programme of archaeological works was conducted 28–29 September 2010 on the site of the former salt pan works at Joppa, following the collapse of the NW corner of the sea wall. Information provided by a desk-based assessment and geophysical survey was used to determine the placement of six evaluation trenches. The trenches revealed a number of wall foundations and a poorly preserved water tank rubble wall close to the N end of the site. Unfortunately no floor surfaces were revealed and no artefacts associated with the salt pan works were recovered.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: City of Edinburgh Council
Donald Wilson – Headland Archaeology
Excavation (8 February 2011 - 24 February 2011)
NT 3210 7340 A programme of archaeological work was undertaken February–March 2011 on the site of the former salt works at Joppa following the collapse of the NW corner of the seawall. The work consisted of the excavation, recording and survey of the upstanding remains relating to the salt pan works within a specified area close to the damaged sea wall.
The excavations revealed the remains of a number of upstanding stone walls along with two brick flues and related features. In total, features associated with at least three different phases of the salt pans were recorded. The main features included a stone wall that incorporated two later inserted large brick arches, which were associated with the remains of two long brick flues. These flues were the main focus of the excavation area and would have formed the heating element to the salt pans. The arches had subsequently been blocked and the flues covered. A smaller opening with a heavy cast iron door had been inserted into one of the arches that led to a smaller brick flue. No significant artefacts associated with the salt pan works were recorded.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Edinburgh City Council
Headland Archaeology Ltd 2011 (D. Wilson) OASIS ID: headland1-94890
