Edinburgh, Guthrie Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name Edinburgh, Guthrie Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Alternative Name(s) Cowgate; Kincaid Court
Canmore ID 52396
Site Number NT27SE 353
NGR NT 25858 73450
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52396
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 353 2583 7347
Machine trenching at Guthrie Street car park, off the Cowgate, failed to locate any archaeological deposits earlier than the 19th century.
N M M Holmes 1977c; A T Simpson, S Stevenson and N Holmes 1981.
NT 2582 7346 Five trial trenches were excavated in advance of development to further explore the site previously investigated in 1977. No archaeological deposits had survived: bedrock/boulder clay lay immediately below modern ground level.
Sponsor: Peaston & Co Ltd.
M A Collard 1994b.
