Dunbar, Bayswell Road, Manse
Unidentified Pottery
Site Name Dunbar, Bayswell Road, Manse
Classification Unidentified Pottery
Canmore ID 90528
Site Number NT67NE 154
NGR NT 67626 79107
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/90528
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dunbar
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67NE 154 676 791.
In advance of a housing development in the grounds of the parish church manse, located in close proximity to Castle Park, SUAT was commissioned to carry out investigation. Two hand-excavated trenches, both measuring 1m by 2m were opened. Below 0.3m of dark grey-brown, clay topsoil, a substantial quantity of mid-grey-brown sandy clay garden soil was encountered, O.8m in thickness. Sherds of white china pottery were recovered indicating a probable 19th-century date contemporary with the building of the manse. Natural pinkish-brown clay was encountered at 1.1m below ground surface. No archaeological deposits, features or artefacts were discovered.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland.
J R Mackenzie 1994
NT 676 790. A site evaluation was carried out in advance of the construction of a housing development in the garden area of the former manse. The site lay at the NW edge of the medieval burgh, and a number of medieval burials had previously been uncovered within Lauderdale Park, on the N side of Bayswell Road. Three trenches were opened up by machine within the footprint of the new building. No structural features were identified, but there was evidence of a buried cultivation horizon, probably medieval in date, sealed beneath the 19th-century garden soil. One sherd of medieval pottery was recovered, but the remaining finds are all 19th-century in date. No further archaeological work was recommended. (SUAT DB15).
Sponsor: Balgray Developments.
R Coleman 1998.
Trial Trench (1994)
In advance of a housing development in the grounds of the parish church manse, located in close proximity to Castle Park, SUAT was commissioned to carry out investigation. Two hand-excavated trenches, both measuring 1m by 2m were opened. Below 0.3m of dark grey-brown, clay topsoil, a substantial quantity of mid-grey-brown sandy clay garden soil was encountered, O.8m in thickness. Sherds of white china pottery were recovered indicating a probable 19th-century date contemporary with the building of the manse. Natural pinkish-brown clay was encountered at 1.1m below ground surface. No archaeological deposits, features or artefacts were discovered.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland.
J R Mackenzie 1994
Archaeological Evaluation (1998)
NT 676 790. A site evaluation was carried out in advance of the construction of a housing development in the garden area of the former manse. The site lay at the NW edge of the medieval burgh, and a number of medieval burials had previously been uncovered within Lauderdale Park, on the N side of Bayswell Road. Three trenches were opened up by machine within the footprint of the new building. No structural features were identified, but there was evidence of a buried cultivation horizon, probably medieval in date, sealed beneath the 19th-century garden soil. One sherd of medieval pottery was recovered, but the remaining finds are all 19th-century in date. No further archaeological work was recommended. (SUAT DB15).
Sponsor: Balgray Developments.
R Coleman 1998.