Kirkliston, 25, 27 High Street, Castle House
Ditch (15th Century), House (17th Century), Linear Feature (12th Century), Unidentified Pottery(S) (Medieval)
Site Name Kirkliston, 25, 27 High Street, Castle House
Classification Ditch (15th Century), House (17th Century), Linear Feature (12th Century), Unidentified Pottery(S) (Medieval)
Canmore ID 75909
Site Number NT17SW 89
NGR NT 12559 74330
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/75909
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Kirkliston (City Of Edinburgh/w Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County West Lothian
NT17SW 89 12559 74330.
A two-storeyed, 17th-century house. The entrance, placed in the semicircular staircase-tower on the N, bears on its lintel the inscription 16 I.F.I.D.82.
Visited 15 July 1915.
RCAHMS 1929.
NT 125 743 An evaluation was conducted prior to the construction of a new house behind the High Street frontage, an area with the potential for medieval remains. Two trenches were opened, c 10 x 1.5m and c 5 x 1.5m. Evidence was found for a ditch running parallel to High Street, and for structural features aligned at right angles to High Street. The ditch appears to have been backfilled relatively early in the 15th to 18th centuries, whilst the structural features may have gone out of use during the 12th to 15th centuries. Finds of pottery suggest the presence of medieval domestic activity in the vicinity.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsors: Mr & Mrs Wardell.
R Heawood 2005
Watching Brief (2 September 2008)
NT 1259 7432 A watching brief was undertaken on 2 September 2008 during the excavation of foundation
trenches for a garage. Evidence was found of the N edge of an E/W ditch running parallel to High Street and for a narrow linear feature at right-angles to the frontage. Pottery suggests that the ditch may have been backfilled in the 15th – 18th centuries. The narrow feature contained a single sherd of 12th- to 15th-century pottery.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Landowner
Richard Heawood (Abercorn Archaeology LLP), 2008
