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Edinburgh, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh Zoo

Drain(S) (Period Unknown), Zoo (20th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh Zoo

Classification Drain(S) (Period Unknown), Zoo (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Scottish National Zoological Park

Canmore ID 52618

Site Number NT27SW 148

NGR NT 20766 73229

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52618

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

From The Buildings of Scotland, Edinburgh

'The Zoological Society of Scotland acquired the Corstorphine Hill House estate in 1913 and immediately laid out the S part to a plan by Patrick Geddes and F. C. Mears. In 1927 Mears laid out the N part.'

NMRS Special Collections:

Lorimer Collection - Designs for Turnstiles at Edinburgh Zoo, signed Robert Lorimer, dated June 1913

NT27SW 148.01 20814 72852 Lodge, Gates and Gate Piers

NT27SW 148.02 20682 73180 West Lodge Complex

NT27SW 148.03 20665 73172 and 20711 73169 West Lodge Complex, Toilets

See also NT27SW 702.00 Corstorphine Hill House

Activities

Project (1997)

The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.

The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.

Watching Brief (8 December 2006 - 24 January 2007)

NT 2070 7320 An archaeological watching brief was carried out between 8 December 2006-24 January 2007 during ground-breaking works associated with the construction of a primate study centre at Edinburgh Zoo. Numerous infilled rubble drains were observed cutting the natural clay subsoil. No significant archaeological features or artefacts were encountered.

Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS.

Funder: Halliday Fraser Munro on behalf of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

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