Edinburgh, Leith, Graham Street
Human Remains (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Leith, Graham Street
Classification Human Remains (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 268579
Site Number NT27NE 1553
NGR NT 260 761
NGR Description NT c. 260 761
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/268579
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 1553 c. 260 761
NT 260 761 Part of an articulated human skeleton was partially disturbed by construction work in November 2002; it was represented only by the lower legs in a truncated grave cut aligned N-S. No specific date could be assigned to the burial. While the alignment may suggest an early, pre-Christian date, modern artefacts were recovered from the layer into which the grave was cut. Following recovery, a controlled topsoil strip of the rest of the development area was undertaken. No further burials were identified.
Report lodged with Edinburgh SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: HS
P Duffy and O Lelong 2003.
Excavation (November 2002)
NT 260 761 Part of an articulated human skeleton was partially disturbed by construction work in November 2002; it was represented only by the lower legs in a truncated grave cut aligned N-S. No specific date could be assigned to the burial. While the alignment may suggest an early, pre-Christian date, modern artefacts were recovered from the layer into which the grave was cut. Following recovery, a controlled topsoil strip of the rest of the development area was undertaken. No further burials were identified.
Report lodged with Edinburgh SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: HS
P Duffy and O Lelong 2003.