Excavations on the Route of the Dalkeith Northern Bypass, 1994-95 and 2006

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Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports

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118

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An evaluation and subsequent targeted excavations were carried out along the route of the proposed A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass by the Centre for Field Archaeology (CFA) between September 1994 and March 1995, with additional watching briefs taking place in 1997. The work was commissioned by Historic Scotland on behalf of the Roads Directorate of the Scottish Office Industry Department. The bypass was not constructed at the time, and further pre-construction mitigation work was recommended in 2005, with fieldwork being carried out in 2006-08 by CFA Archaeology Ltd, for Historic Scotland on behalf of Transport Scotland.<br /><br />This report describes the results of the evaluations and each excavation individually. The route traverses a narrow strip of the Lothian plain which contained several prehistoric sites (two ring-groove structures, a stone-paved area and two pit alignments), a Roman temporary camp, a post-medieval building, an 18th-century designed landscape, and two industrial sites (a brick and tile works and a coal pit engine house). Several sites also produced ephemeral remains of earlier or later date. Overall, the results indicated a settlement pattern and land use which concentrated on the sands and gravels of the river terraces, with far less settlement on the unforgiving compacted clays which otherwise characterise large parts of the road corridor.

Author:

Andrew J Dunwell
Mike Cressey
Kirsty Cameron
Richard Strachan
Ian Suddaby

Alastair Roy Rees
Stuart Mitchell

Issue Editor:

Helen Bleck

Publisher:

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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Sue Anderson (Compiler)

Year of Publication:

2010

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0 903903 55 4

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978 090 390 355 4

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DOI:	https://doi.org/10.5284/1017938

Created Date:

16 Feb 2011

Chapter Title	Author / Editor	Page Start/End
1 Abstract		1
2 Introduction		2 - 5
3 Evaluation	Richard Strachan Alastair Roy Rees Ian Suddaby	6 - 7
4 Castlesteads and Langside pit alignments	Kirsty Cameron Stuart Mitchell Melanie Johnson Derek Alexander Bill Finlayson Robert McCulloch Torben Bjarke Ballin Sue Anderson Mike Cressey Clare Ellis Andrew J Dunwell	8 - 28
Prehistoric pottery	Melanie Johnson	15 - 17
Roman/medieval pottery	Derek Alexander	17
Chipped stone	Bill Finlayson	17
Pollen analysis	Robert McCulloch	18
The lithic assemblage	Torben Bjarke Ballin	20 - 21
Coarse stone	Adam Jackson	21
Soil micromorphology	Clare Ellis	21 - 23
Charcoal	Mike Cressey	21
Miscellaneous finds	Sue Anderson	21
Radiocarbon dates	Andrew J Dunwell	23
5 Castlesteads ring-grooves site	Alastair Roy Rees Melanie Johnson Bill Finlayson	29 - 35
Lithics	Bill Finlayson	33 - 34
Prehistoric pottery	Melanie Johnson	34
6 Castlesteads stone-paved area	Alastair Roy Rees Adam Jackson Bill Finlayson Torben Bjarke Ballin Ciara M Clarke	36 - 40
Lithics	Bill Finlayson	39
Palynological assessment	Ciara M Clarke	39 - 40
Coarse stone	Adam Jackson	39
7 Smeaton Roman temporary camp	Andrew J Dunwell Ian Suddaby Felicity C Wild Derek Alexander Torben Bjarke Ballin Bill Finlayson Adam Jackson Fraser Hunter Sue Anderson Mike Cressey Ruth Pelling Mhairi Hastie	41 - 46
Samian Ware sherd	Felicity C Wild	54
Prehistoric pottery	Derek Alexander	54 - 56
Lithics	Bill Finlayson Torben Bjarke Ballin	56
Perforated stone weight	Adam Jackson	57
Sculptural fragment	Fraser Hunter	57 - 58
Bangle fragment of shale or cannel coal	Fraser Hunter	58 - 59
Decorated cast bronze fragment	Fraser Hunter	59
Archaeobotanical analysis	Ruth Pelling Mhairi Hastie	59 - 60
Wood charcoal identification	Mike Cressey	59
Other metalwork	Sue Anderson	59
8 Newfarm	Ian Suddaby Melanie Johnson Torben Bjarke Ballin Fay Oliver Sue Anderson Adam Jackson David H Caldwell Jennifer Thoms Mhairi Hastie	65 - 88
Prehistoric pottery	Melanie Johnson	70 - 72
Lithics	Torben Bjarke Ballin	72 - 73
Coarse stone	Adam Jackson	73
Coarse stone	Adam Jackson	73
Palaeobotany	Mhairi Hastie	73 - 74
Historical evidence	Fay Oliver	79 - 80
Post-medieval and modern pottery	Sue Anderson	80 - 83
Ceramic building material (CBM) and mortar	Sue Anderson	83 - 84
Clay pipes	Sue Anderson	84
Glass	Sue Anderson	84 - 85
Metalwork	Sue Anderson	85
Gun-stone	David H Caldwell	86
Animal bone	Jennifer Thoms	86 - 87
Gunflint	Torben Bjarke Ballin	86
Shell	Sue Anderson	87
9 An 18th-century designed landscape: perimeter boundary wall surveys and boundary evaluations	Mike Cressey Ian Suddaby Stuart Mitchell	89 - 94
10 Industrial sites	Mike Cressey Richard Strachan Ian Suddaby Fay Oliver	95 - 107
The Smeaton brick and tile works	Fay Oliver	95 - 98
11. General discussion and conclusions	Sue Anderson Richard Strachan	108 - 111
12 Acknowledgements		112
13 References		113 - 118
Excavations on the Route of the Dalkeith Northern Bypass, 1994'“95 and 2006

Dunwell, A. J., Cressey, M., Cameron, K., Strachan, R., Suddaby, I., Rees, A. Roy. and Mitchell, S. (2010). Excavations on the Route of the Dalkeith Northern Bypass, 1994-95 and 2006. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. https://doi.org/10.5284/1017938.

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