Edinburgh, Leith, 25-37 Bernard Street
Midden (Period Unassigned), Coin Hoard
Site Name Edinburgh, Leith, 25-37 Bernard Street
Classification Midden (Period Unassigned), Coin Hoard
Canmore ID 51973
Site Number NT27NE 55
NGR NT 2717 7645
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51973
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 55 2717 7645.
The excavation located an extensive midden, laid down in the second half of the 15th century to reclaim an area previously below the tide-line of the Firth of Forth. Some contemporary and later structural evidence also survived. Finds included an important hoard of 15th-century billon pennies.
N M M Holmes 1985.
Excavation (1980)
The excavation located an extensive midden, laid down in the second half of the 15th century to reclaim an area previously below the tide-line of the Firth of Forth. Some contemporary and later structural evidence also survived. Finds included an important hoard of 15th-century billon pennies.
N M M Holmes 1985.
