Edinburgh, 48a Pleasance, University Of Edinburgh, Sports Union
Church (19th Century), University (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 48a Pleasance, University Of Edinburgh, Sports Union
Classification Church (19th Century), University (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) New College Students' Settlement; Edinburgh University Sports Union; University Of Edinburgh Sports Union
Canmore ID 257523
Site Number NT27SE 5632
NGR NT 26290 73395
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/257523
- 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
