Title: |
Greyfriars Kirkhouse, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh: Data Structure Report of an Archaeological Evaluation |
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Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series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: |
An evaluation of a proposed development site was carried out 16-17 June 2010 and followed a prior phase of archaeological works in 2005. Rubble deposits sealed the cellar of a tenement that had been largely demolished in the mid-20th century. Two medieval features, a large pit and a possible ditch, were encountered in trial trenches. Both features lay beneath the footprint of recently demolished warehouses dating from the 18th-19th century and contained White Gritty Ware pottery dating to the 12th to 15th centuries AD and charred cereal grains including oat, hulled barley and club/bread wheat. Medieval pottery sherds from the 13th-15th century were recovered from a deep deposit in an engineering test pit towards the NW corner of the site. |
Author: |
J W T McMeekin
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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: |
2010
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Locations: |
Site: |
Greyfriars Kirkhouse Edinburgh |
Parish: |
EDINBURGH |
County: |
Edinburgh |
Country: |
Scotland |
Grid Reference: 325574, 673380 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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PIT
(Monument Type Scotland)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
headland1-78758 |
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Note: |
A4 grey literature report
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |