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Dunbar, 2 And 2a Westgate

Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)

Site Name Dunbar, 2 And 2a Westgate

Classification Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Dunbar Day Centre

Canmore ID 90529

Site Number NT67NE 155

NGR NT 67761 79038

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Dunbar
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT67NE 155 6778 7913.

A development in close proximity to the known location of an early medieval long cist cemetery (NT67NE 150) was monitored by SUAT. Observation of contractors' foundation trenches revealed a substantial quantity of mid-grey-brown, sandy garden soil, cO.6m in thickness, directly overlying natural pinkish-brown clay. The garden soil contained mostly 19th/early 20th-century finds with occasional residual late medieval pottery sherds. A sump and associated box drain, also of modern date, were revealed cut into the natural subsoil. No evidence of the long cist cemetery was found.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

J R Mackenzie 1994p.

NT 678 791. A watching brief in August 1997 on the digging of foundation trenches for an extension to the rear of Dunbar Day Centre, in what was previously its small walled back garden, failed to find any deposits of archaeological significance. Part of the site had already been disturbed by services, and the three foundation trenches measured only 0.7m across and a maximum of 0.75m below present ground level. The trenches were cut to a depth of c 0.55m through a make-up deposit of garden soil mixed with building rubble, from which came a small number of recent finds. Below this was a compact dark brown garden soil containing very small pebbles and flecks of charcoal. The lack of larger stones in this soil might suggest that it, too, was imported onto the site; no small finds were recovered from it.

Sponsor: East Lothian Council.

N M Robertson 1997.

Excavation in proximity to known long cist cemetery (NT67NE 150) found no tangible remains, but some residual sherds of medieval pottery.

Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.

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Watching Brief (1994)

A development in close proximity to the known location of an early medieval long cist cemetery (NT67NE 150) was monitored by SUAT. Observation of contractors' foundation trenches revealed a substantial quantity of mid-grey-brown, sandy garden soil, cO.6m in thickness, directly overlying natural pinkish-brown clay. The garden soil contained mostly 19th/early 20th-century finds with occasional residual late medieval pottery sherds. A sump and associated box drain, also of modern date, were revealed cut into the natural subsoil. No evidence of the long cist cemetery was found.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

J R Mackenzie 1994p.

Watching Brief (August 1997)

NT 678 791. A watching brief in August 1997 on the digging of foundation trenches for an extension to the rear of Dunbar Day Centre, in what was previously its small walled back garden, failed to find any deposits of archaeological significance. Part of the site had already been disturbed by services, and the three foundation trenches measured only 0.7m across and a maximum of 0.75m below present ground level. The trenches were cut to a depth of c 0.55m through a make-up deposit of garden soil mixed with building rubble, from which came a small number of recent finds. Below this was a compact dark brown garden soil containing very small pebbles and flecks of charcoal. The lack of larger stones in this soil might suggest that it, too, was imported onto the site; no small finds were recovered from it.

Sponsor: East Lothian Council.

N M Robertson 1997.

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