Edinburgh, Holyrood Road
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Holyrood Road
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 213431
Site Number NT27SE 4615
NGR NT 26647 73775
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/213431
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 4615 2665 7377
NT 2655 7377 In August and September 1999 an archaeological excavation was carried out on a land parcel subject to residential redevelopment lying immediately to the W of the site of the new Scottish Parliament building.
The site, though heavily truncated, revealed a number of distinct buried garden or cultivation soils with associated pit and ditch features. A medieval ditch and foundation course of a later stone wall were found running parallel to Holyrood Road. An adjacent section of this ditch was located during the Headland Archaeology and SUAT investigation of the Parliament site (see below). While a defensive function could be ascribed to the ditch, it may equally well represent an early precinct boundary of Holyrood Abbey.
Sponsor: Teague Homes.
J Gooder 2001.
