Edinburgh, Maclachlan's Castle Ales Brewery
Brewery (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Maclachlan's Castle Ales Brewery
Classification Brewery (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh, 155-157 Duddingston Road West, Adult Training Centre; Craigmillar Brewery
Canmore ID 348896
Site Number NT27SE 6195
NGR NT 28819 71768
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/348896
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Watching Brief (November 2013 - December 2013)
NT 28820 71770 A watching brief was undertaken, November – December 2013, during construction work for a new Autism Daycare and Respite Centre at 157 Duddingston Road West. The work revealed evidence of late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings relating to the former Castle Brewery. The remains consisted of concrete and cobbled floor surfaces.
Archive: RCAHMS. Report: City of Edinburgh Council Archaeology Service
Funder: City of Edinburgh Council
Graeme Carruthers – CFA Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES)
Note (6 January 2016)
The Castle Brewery (NT27SE 6195) was built in 1901 (http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/sba/sbacolls/gjm.html). It is first depicted on the OS 25-inch map (Edinburghshire (1909) sheet 4.09) to the south of Criagmiller Brewery (NT27SE 4354) and east of the North British Brewery (NT27SE 3828) . Brewing ceased at the Castle Brewery in 1966.
Information from Peter McKeague (Survey and Recording, Historic Environment Scotland) 6 January 2015.
