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Hopetoun Estate
Midden (Medieval), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hopetoun Estate
Classification Midden (Medieval), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 320532
Site Number NT07NE 130
NGR NT 08050 79110
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/320532
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227180.jpg)
![Pre-excavation view of track showing wall [001], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227177.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227182.jpg)
![Stones [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227208.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227183.jpg)
![Wall [010], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227199.jpg)
![Section through terracing deposit [008], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227190.jpg)
![Section through [021] in cut [019], showing depth of deposits, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227210.jpg)
![Working view of backfilling of slot through [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227213.jpg)
![Wall [011], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227203.jpg)
![Stones [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227207.jpg)
![Working view of backfilling of slot through [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227211.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227178.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227179.jpg)
![Stones [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227205.jpg)
![Section through [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227209.jpg)
![Location view of wall [010], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227201.jpg)
![Stones [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227206.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227181.jpg)
![Wall [010], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227200.jpg)
![Wall [011], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227202.jpg)
![Working view of backfilling of slot through [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00227212.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227180.jpg)
![Pre-excavation view of track showing wall [001], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227177.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227182.jpg)
![Stones [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227208.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227183.jpg)
![Wall [010], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227199.jpg)
![Section through terracing deposit [008], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227190.jpg)
![Section through [021] in cut [019], showing depth of deposits, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227210.jpg)
![Working view of backfilling of slot through [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227213.jpg)
![Wall [011], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227203.jpg)
![Stones [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227207.jpg)
![Working view of backfilling of slot through [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227211.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227178.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227179.jpg)
![Stones [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227205.jpg)
![Section through [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227209.jpg)
![Location view of wall [010], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227201.jpg)
![Stones [021] in cut [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227206.jpg)
![Walls [001] and [002] and hollow way, photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227181.jpg)
![Wall [010], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227200.jpg)
![Wall [011], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227202.jpg)
![Working view of backfilling of slot through [019], photograph from watching brief at Hopetoun Estate for proposed cycle path, West Lothian](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00227212.jpg)
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Abercorn (West Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
Watching Brief (17 August 2010 - 31 August 2010)
NT 0805 7911 A watching brief was maintained, 17–31 August 2010, during the construction of a cycle path through the Hopetoun Estate. All ground level reduction was monitored and the main excavation related to the construction of a 130m long by 2m wide cycle path, within a cutting just outside of the kirkyard of Abercorn Church, the site of a 7th-century Anglian monastery.
Deposits of midden material, tipped down a steep hill, and pottery found in the topsoil provided evidence of medieval activity. Evidence relating to the alteration of the landscaped during the construction and later alterations to the designed landscape of Hopetoun House were also recorded. Two additional trenches, totalling 250m2, excavated to provide material for the construction of banking contained no significant archaeological finds or features.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Sustrans Ltd
Headland Archaeology Ltd, 2010
Information also reported in Oasis (headland1-91088) 20 November 2012
