Edinburgh Castle
Unidentified Pottery(S) (Medieval)
Site Name Edinburgh Castle
Classification Unidentified Pottery(S) (Medieval)
Canmore ID 346750
Site Number NT27SE 6163
NGR NT 2513 7351
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/346750
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Watching Brief (25 May 2012)
NT 2513 7351 A watching brief carried out on 25 May 2012 during a small excavation for a flagpole on the N side of the upper citadel of the castle recorded a surprising depth of deposits below the modern paving. The presence of handmade brick fragments in the upper deposits suggests that these were probably 18th-century or later in date. Prior to the 19th-century restoration of St Margaret’s Chapel the area was used as a gunner’s store and drawings exist which show an apparent yard on its W side. The basal deposit produced a small but fine assemblage of broadly medieval pottery. The presence of a large base sherd indicating the deposit contained relatively undisturbed material.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Historic Scotland
OASIS ID - kirkdale1-310834
David Murray, Kirkdale Archaeology
2012
