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Musselburgh, Loretto School, Hope House
Pottery Scatter (18th Century)
Site Name Musselburgh, Loretto School, Hope House
Classification Pottery Scatter (18th Century)
Canmore ID 354520
Site Number NT37SW 1264
NGR NT 34838 72694
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/354520
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
Watching Brief (20 January 2016)
NT 34838 72694 A watching brief was undertaken, 20 January 2016, during the excavation of 40m of pipe trench across undeveloped land. A c0.5m deep topsoil overlay a subsoil containing late 18th-century pottery. A spread of modern building debris at the W end of the trench located between the topsoil and subsoil may have been used to level the lawn.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Loretto School, Musselburgh
Matthew Ginnever – Headland Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
OASIS ID: headland1-239601
