North Berwick, 19-21 High Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name North Berwick, 19-21 High Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 181688
Site Number NT58NE 66
NGR NT 5538 8531
NGR Description Centred NT 5538 8531
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/181688
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58NE 66 centred on 5538 8531
NT 5538 8531 As a condition of planning consent an archaeological evaluation was undertaken on a gap site at 19-21 High Street. The evaluation involved the machine-excavation of 20m? of trial trenching, representing over a 10% sample of the proposed development area. During the course of the evaluation a series of site investigation test pits were also excavated by machine. These test pits revealed stratified anthropic deposits in excess of 2m depth.
The evaluation identified the remains of a buried garden soil and the remains of the 18th-century building that previously occupied the site, both of which overlay anthropic deposits of unknown function and date. The 18th-century building was associated with a slightly sunken floor, which truncated both the garden soil and the earlier deposits.
Sponsor: Mr Brian Grahame.
Murray Cook 2000
Archaeological Evaluation (2000)
NT 5538 8531 As a condition of planning consent an archaeological evaluation was undertaken on a gap site at 19-21 High Street. The evaluation involved the machine-excavation of 20m? of trial trenching, representing over a 10% sample of the proposed development area. During the course of the evaluation a series of site investigation test pits were also excavated by machine. These test pits revealed stratified anthropic deposits in excess of 2m depth.
The evaluation identified the remains of a buried garden soil and the remains of the 18th-century building that previously occupied the site, both of which overlay anthropic deposits of unknown function and date. The 18th-century building was associated with a slightly sunken floor, which truncated both the garden soil and the earlier deposits.
Sponsor: Mr Brian Grahame.
Murray Cook 2000