Edinburgh, 6-7 Mitchell Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name Edinburgh, 6-7 Mitchell Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 181644
Site Number NT27NE 863
NGR NT 273 763
NGR Description NT c. 273 763
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/181644
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 863 c. 273 763
NT 273 763. In advance of a proposed housing development, an evaluation was carried out in June 2000. A total of six trenches were excavated across the site. Trenches 1-3 were situated at the W end of the site, running E-W parallel to Mitchell Street. A large ditch was present in all three trenches, aligned N-S. This ditch is believed to be part of the French fortifications of Leith, constructed between 1548 and 1559.
Three wells, one of which had a timber lining, were also discovered to the E of the ditch. The other two wells had been backfilled with rubble and contained fragments of wood at the base. A large pit covering an area of 36.7m? was also discovered, from which early post-medieval pottery and a quantity of large mammal bones were recovered.
All of the archaeological features recorded in the evaluation had been heavily truncated by modern activity on the site.
Sponsor: Barrett East Scotland.
J Morrison 2000.
Archaeological Evaluation (June 2000)
NT 273 763. In advance of a proposed housing development, an evaluation was carried out in June 2000. A total of six trenches were excavated across the site. Trenches 1-3 were situated at the W end of the site, running E-W parallel to Mitchell Street. A large ditch was present in all three trenches, aligned N-S. This ditch is believed to be part of the French fortifications of Leith, constructed between 1548 and 1559.
Three wells, one of which had a timber lining, were also discovered to the E of the ditch. The other two wells had been backfilled with rubble and contained fragments of wood at the base. A large pit covering an area of 36.7m? was also discovered, from which early post-medieval pottery and a quantity of large mammal bones were recovered.
All of the archaeological features recorded in the evaluation had been heavily truncated by modern activity on the site.
Sponsor: Barrett East Scotland.
J Morrison 2000.