Harelaw Farm
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Harelaw Farm
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 212851
Site Number NT36NW 425
NGR NT 31929 69694
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/212851
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Newton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Project (April 2009 - February 2015)
The Borders Railway Project proposals are to reinstate the Newcraighall to Tweedbank section of the former Waverley Line. The reinstated railway line will be approximately 48km long and the majority of the route will use the existing railway embankment.
Several field surveys, archaeological evaluations and standing building surveys were undertaken by CFA Archaeology from April 2009 until February 2015.
CFA Archaeology
Archaeological Evaluation (30 November 2011 - 30 December 2011)
A programme of archaeological works was carried out in an area of a crop field and unused land as part of the Borders Railway Project. The trenches were targeted to find the any surviving evidence of Harelaw Farm which appears on the 1st Edition map by the Ordnance Survey, 1857. A trial trenching evaluation covered 120.75m2 (6% of the available development area) revealed the remains of a single robbed out wall which presumably belonged to the Harelaw Farm complex.
Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-118096 (G Carruthers) 2011
Standing Building Recording (October 2011 - April 2012)
NT 331950 669718 A trial trenching evaluation covered 120.75m2 (6%) of the available development area. The trenches were targeted to find any surviving evidence of Harelaw Farm, which appears on the 1st Edition OS map of 1857. The remains of a single robbed out wall were recorded, which presumably belonged to the Harelaw Farm complex.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: East Lothian HER and RCAHMS
Funder: ERM Ltd on behalf of Transport Scotland
Graeme Carruthers, Mike Cressey, Magnus Kirby, Ian Suddaby - CFA Archaeology Ltd, 2013
(Source: DES)
