Title: |
India Place, Edinburgh - HIstoric Building Recording and Desk-based Assessment |
Series: |
Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Headland Archaeology was commissioned by the City of Edinburgh Council to undertake a programme of desk-based assessment and historic building recording on two ranges of cellars running from India Place to Mackenzie Place in the New Town of Edinburgh. The cellars are built into a NW facing slope facing the Water of Leith; the land in front of them was formerly occupied by a row of Georgian tenements, but has lain vacant since their demolition in the 1960s. The work was required to satisfy a planning condition set out by the City of Edinburgh Council Archaeology Service, in advance of the construction of a number of allotments on the site. The programme of building recording has created a basic record of the cellars as they presently stand. No reference could be found to these structures in the brief desk-based assessment, although they are visible on 19th century mapping. Indeed, little documentary evidence could be found that directly referred to the former tenements. While no remains of these could be seen on the ground, it is likely that foundations or features relating to the construction of these buildings may remain below present ground level. |
Author: |
Jürgen van Wessel
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Publisher: |
Headland Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
City of Edinburgh Archaeology Service (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Locations: |
Site: |
India Place |
Parish: |
EDINBURGH |
County: |
Edinburgh |
Country: |
Scotland |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Edinburgh |
Location - Auto Detected: |
India Place Edinburgh HIstoric Building Recording |
Grid Reference: 324580, 674340 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
PERIOD UNKNOWN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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NONE
(Find)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Cellar
(Monus)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Tenement
(Monus)
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Georgian (Auto Detected Temporal) |
19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
headland1-97659 |
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Note: |
A4 Client Report
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |