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Newhailes, Servants' Tunnel
Estate Building (18th Century), Tunnel (18th Century)
Site Name Newhailes, Servants' Tunnel
Classification Estate Building (18th Century), Tunnel (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Newhailes House
Canmore ID 211853
Site Number NT37SW 168.11
NGR NT 32642 72492
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/211853
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SW 16.11 3269 7250
NT 3269 7250 A major programme of monitoring, evaluation and architectural recording was undertaken at the mansion house and within its surrounding policies during conservation works between June 2000 and August 2001.
Service tunnel. A 1 x 6m trench was excavated from the forecourt NW flanking wall, across the crest of the earth embankment behind. This revealed the upper parts of the stone-built service tunnel. This had a shallow pitched roof that had been capped with bitumen. The flanking wall had been built against the tunnel wall and the bank formed thereafter. All were datable to the second quarter of the 18th century. A discrete assemblage of finds was recovered from the fill, including numerous mallet form wine bottle fragments, and sherds of Chinese porcelain.
Sponsor: National Trust for Scotland
T Addyman 2001
