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Edinburgh, Holyrood Road

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Site Name Edinburgh, Holyrood Road

Classification No Class (Event)

Canmore ID 213431

Site Number NT27SE 4615

NGR NT 26647 73775

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 4615 2665 7377

NT 2655 7377 In August and September 1999 an archaeological excavation was carried out on a land parcel subject to residential redevelopment lying immediately to the W of the site of the new Scottish Parliament building.

The site, though heavily truncated, revealed a number of distinct buried garden or cultivation soils with associated pit and ditch features. A medieval ditch and foundation course of a later stone wall were found running parallel to Holyrood Road. An adjacent section of this ditch was located during the Headland Archaeology and SUAT investigation of the Parliament site (see below). While a defensive function could be ascribed to the ditch, it may equally well represent an early precinct boundary of Holyrood Abbey.

Sponsor: Teague Homes.

J Gooder 2001.

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