South Queensferry, Dalmeny Junction
Anti Aircraft Battery (Second World War), Motte (Medieval)
Site Name South Queensferry, Dalmeny Junction
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (Second World War), Motte (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rsg4; Forth Anti Aircraft Defences; Dalmeny
Canmore ID 117079
Site Number NT17NW 188
NGR NT 1385 7760
NGR Description Centred NT 1385 7760
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/117079
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Dalmeny
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County West Lothian
NT17NW 188 Centred 1385 7760
A heavy anti-aircraft battery has been identified from an oblique aerial photograph (RAF CAM blique x954, flown 1941, Crown Copyright) immediately SW of Dalmeny Station (NT17NW 50).
Information from RCAHMS (DE) April 1997.
Watching Brief (26 August 2013 - 28 August 2013)
An archaeological evaluation undertaken in respect to a proposed development at Agilent Technologies, South Queensferry (centred on NGR: NT 137 776 and NT 139 773). The development area measures approximately 13ha in total. However only two undisturbed land parcels equating to 3.86 ha were available for evaluation. The evaluation was to target the possible site of a medieval motte (NMRS; NT17NW 34). The evaluation revealed that both of the land parcels had been subjected to severe truncation. No archaeological remains pre-dating the current works were recorded. Due to the truncation recorded across site, no further works are considered necessary.
AOC Archaeolog 2013 (R. Engl) OASIS ID: aocarcha1-158416
