Prestonpans, Prestonpans Swimming Pool
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Prestonpans, Prestonpans Swimming Pool
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Preston Road
Canmore ID 268519
Site Number NT37SE 263
NGR NT 3913 7402
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/268519
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonpans
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT37SE 263 3913 7402
NT 3913 7402 A watching brief was carried out in July 2003 during the excavation of a storm drain for a new swimming pool development. The trench ran SE towards Preston Road and then along Preston Road. A buried soil, rich in organic material and containing shell fragments and a sherd of green-glazed pottery, was likely to be of medieval or post-medieval date. The footings of a wall, constructed of roughly worked sandstone blocks, bounded the southern edge of the buried soil in the pipe trench. The function of this wall cannot be defined from this small-scale excavation, but it is suggested that it is likely to be of a similar date to the buried soil. A small patch of midden was of uncertain date, located directly beneath a modern layer. A mineshaft was exposed within the pipe trench, at a depth of c 2m under Preston Road; it was not investigated due to health and safety considerations.
Report lodged with East Lothian SMR and the NMRS.
S Mitchell 2003
Watching Brief (July 2003)
NT 3913 7402 A watching brief was carried out in July 2003 during the excavation of a storm drain for a new swimming pool development. The trench ran SE towards Preston Road and then along Preston Road. A buried soil, rich in organic material and containing shell fragments and a sherd of green-glazed pottery, was likely to be of medieval or post-medieval date. The footings of a wall, constructed of roughly worked sandstone blocks, bounded the southern edge of the buried soil in the pipe trench. The function of this wall cannot be defined from this small-scale excavation, but it is suggested that it is likely to be of a similar date to the buried soil. A small patch of midden was of uncertain date, located directly beneath a modern layer. A mineshaft was exposed within the pipe trench, at a depth of c 2m under Preston Road; it was not investigated due to health and safety considerations.
Report lodged with East Lothian SMR and the NMRS.
S Mitchell 2003
