Edinburgh, High Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name Edinburgh, High Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Alternative Name(s) Blackfriars Street; Niddry Wynd
Canmore ID 52230
Site Number NT27SE 206
NGR NT 2602 7355
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52230
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Excavation (1973 - 1974)
NT27SE 206 2602 7355
The area S of High Street between Blackfriars Street and Niddry Street (centred NT 2602 7355) was investigated in advance of redevelopment, and the central area was found to contain medieval structures and a midden. A stone wall running E-W may have formed part of the late medieval King's Wall defence. A half-demolished stone-built house on the W side of the site was examined and dated to the late 16th century. Archaeological levels in the N part of the site, fronting on to High Street, were found to have been destroyed by the construction of cellars in the late 17th/18th centuries.
C J Tabraham and J Schofield 1973; L E Webster and J Cherry 1974; J Schofield 1978; A T Simpson, S Stevenson and N Holmes 1981.
