Edinburgh, Broomhall
Castle (Medieval)(Possible), Pendant
Site Name Edinburgh, Broomhall
Classification Castle (Medieval)(Possible), Pendant
Canmore ID 50656
Site Number NT17SE 17
NGR NT 1949 7231
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50656
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT17SE 17 1949 7231.
(NT 1949 7231) In April 1958, when digging foundation trenches on the Broomhall housing estate, a bronze disc 1.25" in diameter, decorated with a hunting horn and traces of gilding remained. An armorial pendant, which must have belonged to a member of the Forrester family, and apparently of 14th-15th century date (J S Richardson) it was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
The site of the find, now 35-37 Broomhall Terrace, is on raised ground on the S bank of the eastern end of the former Gogar Loch, drained in the 17th century. Building operations on the site exposed a number of large boulders in linear settings suggesting the foundation of a man-made structure, perhaps a medieval stringhold when Adam Forrester bought the grounds of Corstorphine in 1374 and built his castle between the Lochs a quarter mile further E before his death in 1405.
E A Cormack 1960; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1961
