Edinburgh, Cammo Fields

NT 181 744 A metal-detecting survey and evaluation was carried out at Maybury Road from 23 April to 7 June 2018. The metal detecting recovered a total of 173 metal artefacts, of which 160 were modern agricultural metal. In addition to the 13 retained finds from the metal detecting, one shard of 18th-century dark green bottle glass was recovered from rig and furrow and two pieces of natural flint.

The evaluation comprised the machine excavation of trenches amounting to 10% of the 18.61ha area (18,610m²), and 5% of the 4.46ha flood zone (2,229m²). 209 trenches were excavated across the development area; post-medieval rig and furrow features were recorded in 17 trenches. The evaluation established that the average thickness of the top soil was between 0.4 and 0.5m with field drains throughout the area suggesting that the area has been consistently used for agriculture and undergone drainage improvements to facilitate this. Evidence for a palaeochannel along a similar line to the Bughtlin Burn was apparent along the W edge of the site. The degree of alluvium suggests that this may have been a much larger water course in the past.

Archive: NRHE

Funder: CALA Homes Limited/David Wilson East Scotland

Jamie Henderson – GUARD Archaeology Ltd

(Source: DES Vol 21)

OASIS ID: guardarc1-319561

GUARD Archaeology Limited undertook a cultural heritage desk-based assessment of an area proposed for redevelopment at Cammo Fields in the City of Edinburgh. The assessment found that there are no known cultural heritage sites within the proposed Cammo Fields development. Part of Cammo Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape lies within 100 m buffer of the proposed development.

Information from Christine Rennie (GUARD Archaeology Ltd) 23 January 2018. OASIS ID: guardarc1-307346