Edinburgh, Lochend Distillery
Distillery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Lochend Distillery
Classification Distillery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Yardheads
Canmore ID 346738
Site Number NT27NE 1691
NGR NT 2679 7623
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/346738
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing N, Wall [015], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02201947.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing E, Wall [023], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02201950.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing E, [Wall 035], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02201954.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing E, W facing section through wall [005], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02201944.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing W, E facing section through wall [005], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02201945.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing N, Wall [015], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02201947.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing E, Wall [023], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02201950.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing E, [Wall 035], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02201954.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing E, W facing section through wall [005], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02201944.jpg)
![Watching brief photograph, Direction facing W, E facing section through wall [005], Yardheads and Cables Wynd, Leith](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02201945.jpg)
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Watching Brief (11 July 2011 - 20 October 2011)
NT 2679 7623 A watching brief was undertaken 11 July – 20 October 2011 during ground-breaking work associated with the installation of a new gas main. The work recorded the structural remains of the Lochend Distillery, established on the site in 1825. Pre-modern features were limited to deposits of garden or backland soils preserved below the wall footings of the distillery.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: City of Edinburgh Council
Jamie Humble, Headland Archaeology Ltd, 2012: OASIS ID: headland1-114933
