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Fort House, Leith: Archaeologcial Watching Brief Data Structure Report |
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AOC Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by AOC Archaeology Group on behalf of Edinburgh City Council during ground breaking works associated with the demolition of Fort House, Leith. The site was formerly a fort built in 1780, the boundary wall of which along with two gate house buildings still survive as B-Listed structures. A previous evaluation conducted around the modern flats indicated the survival of the fort buildings and also of earlier post medieval activity out with the modern building footprint. It was assumed that the modern piled foundations would have badly truncated the remains of the fort or earlier activity throughout the building footprint however the watching brief has proved otherwise. Several foundations and walls relating to different phases of the forts buildings were revealed throughout the site that match up with early maps of the site, and possibly pre-date the fort. Furthermore, a large post medieval pit was revealed next to the fort well that appears to pre-date the fort. Kevin Paton, AOC Archaeology Group 2013. |
Author: |
K Paton
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Publisher: |
AOC Archaeology Ltd
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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: |
2013
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Locations: |
Site: |
Fort House, Leith |
Parish: |
EDINBURGH |
County: |
Edinburgh |
Country: |
Scotland |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Fort House Leith |
Grid Reference: 326150, 676620 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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NONE
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Fort
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Modern (Auto Detected Temporal) |
POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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OASIS Id: |
aocarcha1-143752 |
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |