Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Wells O' Wearie
Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Wells O' Wearie
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Innocent Railway; Queen's Park; Formerly Lin 23
Canmore ID 157264
Site Number NT27SE 3954
NGR NT 2772 7234
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/157264
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 3954 2772 7234
Little now remains of the buildings shown on the OS 25-inch map on the N side of the Innocent Railway some 340m to the E of Wells o' Wearie (Edinburghshire 1896, sheet iii.12). What little survives belongs to the easternmost building, and comprises a stretch of external wall, within which a blocked fireplace and small window embrasure are visible. The area is now used as a turning point for vehicles.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 15 December 1998.
NMRS, MS/726/96 (75, no. 85).
Archaeological Evaluation (15 February 2000)
A site visit was carried out to a section of the Holyrood Park boundary wall near to Wells o' Wearie (NT 277 723) in February 2000. Part of the wall had been dismantled where a large tree had damaged it. The affected area of the wall was photographed, the profile drawn, the line of the wall planned, and the area was located with reference to a nearby brick building.
Rig and furrow was noted in the area, but without excavation it could not be related to the wall.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
A Radley 2000
Kirkdale Archaeology
