| Title: |
Scotland's Parliament Site and the Canongate:
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| Subtitle: |
archaeology and history |
| Issue: |
Scotland's Parliament Site and the Canongate: |
| Series: |
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series
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| Number of Pages: |
306 |
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| Publication Type: |
MonographSeriesChapter
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| Abstract: |
The choice of the Holyrood area for the site of the new Scottish Parliament involved as a first stage of its development both archaeological excavation and architectural analysis, the results of which are described in this volume. Situated in Canongate at the foot of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, the site encompassed the former Scottish and Newcastle Breweries and Queensberry House. The area was known to have been part of the medieval burgh of Canongate and in the 17th and 18th centuries to have included two other major townhouses, Haddington House and Lothian Hut, in addition to Queensberry House. The history of the site has been intensively researched alongside archaeological investigation and spans nine hundred years of urban life from the 12th to the 20th century. Holyrood Abbey, which was founded in the 12th century was allowed to found a burgh in order to attract commerce and create wealth: the burgh of Canongate, which was separate from the burghs of Edinburgh and Leith. Canongate became a fashionable place for Scotland's leading noble families to build townhouses and remained so until the later 18th century, when its fortunes declined and the fine houses were gradually replaced by slums, hospitals for the poor and breweries. Iron working and possibly tanning of hides were among the activities that appear to have taken place in the burgage plots of the Canongate. |
| Year of Publication: |
2008
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 12th To The 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Later 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 18th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 17th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 12th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Queensberry House (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Breweries Iron Working (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
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| Created Date: |
28 Jan 2016 |
