Bonnyrigg, Cameron Crescent
Pit(S) (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Bonnyrigg, Cameron Crescent
Classification Pit(S) (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 293518
Site Number NT26SE 163
NGR NT 299 644
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293518
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Lasswade
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT26SE 163 299 644
NT 299 644 A programme of evaluation was undertaken in May 2006 in advance of a proposed development of land owned by Midlothian Council and Lasswade Rugby Football Club at Cameron Crescent, Poltonhall, Bonnyrigg. We opened 26 evaluation trenches covering 3000 m2 (5% of the development area) were opened. No significant archaeological features were revealed. A number of probable 19th- or 20th-century pits containing cinder and coal-rich dumped topsoil and clay subsoil were recorded in the W of the site.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Midlothian Council and Lasswade Rugby Football Club.
Mike Roy, 2006.
Archaeological Evaluation (May 2006)
NT 299 644 A programme of evaluation was undertaken in May 2006 in advance of a proposed development of land owned by Midlothian Council and Lasswade Rugby Football Club at Cameron Crescent, Poltonhall, Bonnyrigg. We opened 26 evaluation trenches covering 3000 m2 (5% of the development area) were opened. No significant archaeological features were revealed. A number of probable 19th- or 20th-century pits containing cinder and coal-rich dumped topsoil and clay subsoil were recorded in the W of the site.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Midlothian Council and Lasswade Rugby Football Club.
M Roy 2006