Title: |
Edinburgh Drinking Water Pipeline Glencorse to Alnwickhill, Midlothian and City of Edinburgh Archaeological Watching Brief |
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CFA Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd during soil stripping for a water pipeline. The watching brief included the monitoring of upfill operations overlying the possible Roman fortlet at Glencorse, and the photographic recording of any field boundaries within the designed landscape associated with Mortonhall House prior to their demolition. This programme of works led to the identification of three sites considered to be of archaeological potential. These consisted of a head-dyke and associated rig-and-furrow cultivation of possible medieval date, a pit containing fire-cracked stone and a single flint-flake which is thought to be prehistoric in date, and a recent ditch which is thought to be either an estate landscaping feature or a military feature excavated by the troops who were training at Mortonhall during Word War II. |
Author: |
Magnus Kirby
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Publisher: |
CFA Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Environment Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
City of Edinburgh Archaeology Service (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Locations: |
Site: |
Edinburgh Drinking Water Pipeline |
County: |
Edinburgh |
Parish: |
EDINBURGH |
Country: |
Scotland |
Grid Reference: 325354, 666630 (Easting, Northing)
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Grid Reference: 325025, 667340 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
PREHISTORIC
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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FLINT
(Find)
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PREHISTORIC
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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PIT
(Monument Type Scotland)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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RIG-AND-FURROW
(Monus)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
cfaarcha1-141283 |
OBIB: |
CFA Report NO. 1934 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |