Inveresk Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Inveresk Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Canmore ID 210534
Site Number NT37SW 642
NGR NT 34969 71441
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/210534
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NMRS REFERENCE
Inveresk Station opened 22/06/1846; closed 04/05/1964.
Watching Brief (August 2008)
NT 3499 7149 In August 2008 a desk-based assessment indicated that the development was in an area which contains a dense distribution of prehistoric, Roman and medieval remains. Although no significant remains are known to exist on the site of the new conservatory it lies on the line of the 19th-century lane linking Inveresk Station with Carberry Road.
The building contractor’s groundworks, monitored on 13 August 2008, involved the hand excavation of strip
foundation trenches, but no stripping of topsoil outside these trenches. A single potential archaeological feature was recorded, a foundation of stone bonded with lime mortar. This foundation, although undated, was probably relatively recent and had been constructed over made ground.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Mr John McLeod
Richard Heawood (Abercorn Archaeology LLP), 2008
