Edinburgh, Bellevue Crescent
Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Bellevue Crescent
Classification Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 52519
Site Number NT27SE 55
NGR NT 256 748
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52519
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 55 256 748.
(NT 256 748). One or two (Neill 1831) cists were found in 1823 when constructing a new road to Leith, opposite Bellevue Church (i.e. East Claremont Street).
They were only about 3 1/2 feet long, lying nearly E-W. Neill only mentions a full-grown cranium from one of these cists.
P Neill 1831; D Wilson 1863.
No further information.
Visited by OS (J L D) 28 December 1953.
