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Lang Loan, West Edge Farm, Edinburgh: Monitored Topsoil Strip, Map, and Sample |
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GUARD Archaeology Limited unpublished report series
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guardarc1-360281_1.pdf (3 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
GUARD Archaeology Limited were commissioned by Persimmon Homes to undertake an archaeological monitored topsoil strip, map, and sample at Lang Loan, West Edge Farm, Edinburgh. This work was required as a condition of the planning permission (Planning Ref: 16/06036/PPP) for a residential development on the site. The work was undertaken between 14th May and 16th November 2018, and followed on from a metal detecting survey and trial trench evaluation carried out by GUARD Archaeology Limited between November and December 2017 (McNicol and Ruiz Nieto 2018). The metal detecting survey uncovered a mixture of 19th and 20th century metal finds, including horseshoes, square headed iron nails, and iron agricultural fragments. The trenched evaluation uncovered a number of features relating to quarrying activity across the site. As a result of this previous phase of archaeological investigation, a total area amounting to 45,148 m2 (approximately 69 % of the development area) was stripped of topsoil to establish the extent of the archaeological features on site. This revealed a large number of features associated with nineteenth century quarrying activity in the area, as well as medieval agricultural features, in the form of a series of rig and furrow, and an 1863 gold half sovereign. |
Author: |
D McNicol
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Publisher: |
GUARD Archaeology Limited
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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: |
2019
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Locations: |
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Lang Loan, West Edge Farm, Edinburgh |
County: |
Edinburgh |
Parish: |
EDINBURGH |
Country: |
Scotland |
Grid Reference: 328500, 667570 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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COIN
(Object England)
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PERIOD UNKNOWN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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DITCH
(Monument Type Scotland)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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QUARRY
(Monus)
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guardarc1-360281 |
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Created Date: |
29 Oct 2021 |