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Edinburgh, Dalkeith Road, House Of The Knights Templar

Chapel (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Edinburgh, Dalkeith Road, House Of The Knights Templar

Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Newington; East Preston Street

Canmore ID 52563

Site Number NT27SE 95

NGR NT 2667 7248

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52563

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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 95 2667 7248.

(NT 2667 7248) House of Knights Templar: Nothing is known of the situation of this house beyond the evidence recorded by ARNOT, which would place it on Dalkeith Road, opposite the top of the later East Preston Street (Arnot 1788). The order was dissolved in 1309....(RCAHMS 1951).. Opposite to the Convent of Sienna (NT27SE 92) on the E side of Newington, was a Chapel, erected on a little eminence called the Holy Mount or Mount Hooly, belonging to the Knights Templars.

H Arnot 1788; J Stark 1820; RCAHMS 1951.

No trace of the building remains today ; no additional information was encountered during recording or field investigation. There is an old burial ground ('A') situated at NT 26647244.

Visited by OS (J D) 31 December 1953.

Graves in the old burial ground date only from the early 19th century.

Visited by OS 4 February 1954.

Activities

Publication Account (1951)

163. The House of the Knights Templar.

The Knights Templar once owned much territory both inside and outside the burgh, but disappeared on the dissolution of their Order in 1309. Nothing is known of the situation of their House beyond the evidence recorded by Arnot (1), which would place it on Dalkeith Road, opposite the top of the later East Preston Street.

RCAHMS 1951

(1) History, p. 251.

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