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Fort House Leith - Desk-based Assessment and Historic Building Recording |
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Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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headland1-112553_1.pdf (3 MB)
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A desk-based assessment, walkover survey and historic building recording were undertaken on the site of Fort House, Leith prior to its demolition. The site is due to be redeveloped for housing next year. Leith Fort was built in 1780 to protect the harbour and was enlarged in the early 18th century during the Napoleonic Wars. The boundary wall, gate piers and guardhouses belonging to this later extension still survive on the site and are Category B listed; they will be retained within the final development. The fort was used as the headquarters for the Royal Artillery from the late 19th century; the barracks were demolished in the 1960s to make way for new housing. The eastern guardhouse has been gutted internally and is used as an electricity substation serving Fort House and some of the houses in the vicinity. The western guardhouse has been substantially altered internally and is used as the Concierge Office for Fort House. It is proposed that the evaluation trenches target the buildings as shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map and Kirkwood's map of 1817. Elizabeth Jones, Headland Archaeology, 2011 |
Author: |
E Jones
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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: |
Fort House Leith - DBA and HBR |
Parish: |
EDINBURGH |
County: |
Edinburgh |
Country: |
Scotland |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Fort House Leith |
Grid Reference: 326150, 676620 (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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Gate Pier
(Monus)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Gatehouse
(Monus)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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WALL
(Monument Type Scotland)
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1780 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Early 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
1817 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Late 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
headland1-112553 |
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Note: |
soft bound report
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |