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Edinburgh, Wester Hailes Park, Tower Block
Tower Block (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Wester Hailes Park, Tower Block
Classification Tower Block (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh, Wester Hailes, Contract 7
Canmore ID 300029
Site Number NT16NE 215
NGR NT 1999 6966
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/300029
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Commission And Contract (1970)
A development of seven nine-storey blocks built as public housing for Edinburgh Borough Council. The blocks were known as 'Contract 7' of the public housing developments in the Wester Hailes area. They contained 516 dwellings in total. The contractor for the development was Crudens Ltd. Construction was approved by committee in 1970.
Glendinning and Methusius 1994
Complete Demolition (1970 - 2009)
All of the blocks are now demolished. Date of demolition is unknown. It is not known whether the blocks were all demolished at the same time.
Archaeological Evaluation (3 December 2013 - 23 December 2013)
Research had identified that a quarry, dating to at least the mid-19th century, had previously occupied the site of a proposed development at Wester Hailes.
The evaluation was therefore intended to re-locate the site of the quarry, with a view to understanding the impacts of any future development. Field inspection revealed that outcropping stone marked the site of the quarry, matching the area identified by the research. The trenching, however, proved that the ground in front of the outcrop had been affected by the construction of a tower block in the late 1970s, with the deep concrete and brick footings having caused a high level of disturbance across the site. There was no evidence for the quarry surviving in the area of the proposed development.
Information from Richard Tuffin (Headland Archaeology) January 2014. OASIS ID: headland1-166142.
