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Edinburgh, 60, 66 Pleasance, University Of Edinburgh, Societies Centre
Brewery (19th Century), Meeting Hall (20th Century), Students Union (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 60, 66 Pleasance, University Of Edinburgh, Societies Centre
Classification Brewery (19th Century), Meeting Hall (20th Century), Students Union (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 50, 52, 54, 56, 58 Pleasance; Pleasance Trust Buildings; Pleasance Brewery; Edinburgh University
Canmore ID 253371
Site Number NT27SE 5287
NGR NT 26289 73357
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/253371
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Field Visit (8 December 2005)
Headland Archaeology Ltd was commissioned to carry out a desk-based assessment and walkover survey of land along the western side of Viewcraig Gardens, and lying directly behind the Pleasance Sports and Exercise Centre and Sports Union of the University of Edinburgh, which occupy two former 19th Century breweries. Map evidence suggests that whilst most of this area was scarped during the construction of the Dumbiedykes housing estate in the 1960s/1970s, some level areas directly behind the former breweries may be undisturbed. Archaeological remains relating either to the breweries, or to earlier post-medieval settlement/cultivation around the extra-mural suburb of Pleasance, may, therefore, survive.
Headland Archaeology 2005
Watching Brief (1 October 2015 - 31 December 2016)
NT 26286 73360 A programme of work was undertaken, October 2015 – December 2016, during internal alterations and extension to 60 Pleasance, the Pleasance Theatre Building, and the former Quaker Meeting House. A basic survey was undertaken of the meeting house and ground-breaking
work was monitored. A small section of a linear feature of potentially 16th-century date was identified to the N of the Theatre Building, and an internal cobbled floor was found during excavations for a lift shaft within 60 Pleasance, which probably represents the original floor of the building.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: University of Edinburgh
Aisling Fitzpatrick – Headland Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
