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Newhailes Estate Stables floor replacement in

STG 01 and STG 15

January 2009

Carried out on behalf of The National Trust for Scotland

Buildings Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant

TRAPRAIN HOUSE
LUGGATE BURN
WHITTINGEHAME
EAST LOTHIAN
EH41 4QA

T : 01620 861643 E : INFO@BAJR.ORG


Table of Contents

1.0 SUMMARY 2

2.0 INTRODUCTION 3

3.0 OBJECTIVES 5

4.0 METHODOLOGY 5

5.0 RESULTS 7

5.1 Fieldwork 7
5.2 The Rooms 9
5.3 Artefacts 12

6.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 12

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1: Location plan.

Figure 2: Location of Rooms and related structures

Figure 3: Room STG01 – pre removal of slabs

Figure 4: Room STG01 – post removal of slabs with brick structure

Figure 5: Room STG15 – post removal of slabs and cobbled surface

Appendix 1: Context List


Appendix 2: Photo List
Appendix 3: Artefact List
Appendix 4: Stratigraphic matrix

References
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Newhailes House Estate, Stables Education Room, December 2008

North Sea

Inverness
Aberdeen

Glasgow Edinburgh

100 km

Newhailes House

Area of investigation

Stables

0 50m

This map is based on an Ordnance Survey digital map reproduced with the permission of HM Stationery Office © Crown Copyright NTS licence No. 100023880.

Figure 1: Location Plan


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1.0 SUMMARY

1.1 An archaeological watching brief was required due to remedial work


required on the stone slab floors of the Education Room (STG01) and
Fruit Store (STG15) at Newhailes House Stables, Musselburgh (The room
numbering is based on the site survey by LDN Architects in April 2008
Job number 0762 and follows the agreed room numbering system from
the 1999 architectural survey). The site is located within the old stables
block (north corner). The work consisted of a periodic watching brief
with photographic recording and excavation to investigate any features
that were exposed as part of the project and record the floor within the
Education Room itself. These works were commissioned by Robin
Turner, Head of Archaeology, The National Trust for Scotland. The work
was undertaken in December 2008 and was restricted to the areas
exposed by the contractor as part of the works on the floor.

1.2 The work will enable the continued understanding and investigation of
the Newhailes Stables, including the evolution of the structure and
previous building within the area.

1.3 Further work would entail further investigation of the of the brick
structure [127] which lay in STG01 at the southwest end of the room and
its function as part of the laundry phase. Room STG15 provided
evidence both of an earlier structure, with the walls [206] and [210]
contemporary with the early cobbled surface [203], and of the later
works, including the insertion of the large stone culvert, uncovered in
the previous excavation in the courtyard (Newhailes Estate Stables
Courtyard Drains, May 2008, NTS). This provides valuable evidence for
further study of the form and function of the possible farm/early stable
and later subdivisions within the building.

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2.0 INTRODUCTION

2.1 Site location

The site is located within the northeast half of the stables block at NT
332570 672410 (Fig. 1).

2.2 Site History

The detailed and complex history of the Newhailes Estate has been
covered in several prior reports. In brief, the Estate of Whitehill is of late
17th-century origin though the majority of the designed landscape dates
to the 18th century. The current stable block dates to the early 19th
century and was preceded by an earlier range of structures – including
the building under consideration, which probably dates from the 18th
century. One of the least understood elements of the Newhailes Estate
as a whole is its system of water management, of which the exposed
drains form part.

Bauchop’s estate plan of 1798 (Fig. 4) was used to underlay the current
stables plan in order to correlate any features uncovered during the
investigation. It became clear that the wall uncovered in trench 2 [206]
formed part of this earlier range of buildings.

There has been no prior archaeological investigation within this area,


however, Addyman and Kay had carried out extensive recording work
within the area in 2000 and 2001 (summary reports, unpublished).
Investigation within room 101 clearly showed what was to be expected
during this current phase of works, with the earlier cobbled surface cut
through by a later stone capped drainage system of late 18th or early
19th-century date, relating to the present stables buildings.

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brick drain
wooden pipe from pond

stone drain

line of stone drain STG 15

stone drain recorded in


January 2008
STG 01

cobbled courtyard

10 m

Figure 2: Stables plan showing the two investigated rooms with previously located drain lines
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3.0 OBJECTIVES

3.1 The main objective was to record any archaeology and stratigraphy that
was uncovered during the remedial works on the flooring and insertion of
a damp-proof layer.

4.0 METHODOLOGY

4.1 The contractor co-ordinated the work to ensure that the archaeology was
exposed, recorded and photographed prior to any further removal of
archaeological deposits. The affected rooms were recorded
photographically prior to the removal of the slabs, after which the sand
bedding was removed by the contractors until archaeological deposits
were encountered. In the case of room STG01 this was only in the
southwest of the room, with the discovery of lead piping/pipe trench and
the brick structure associated with the laundry phase, and in STG15, until
the cobbled surface was exposed, and the major drain cut which bisected
the room. Each archaeological feature was recorded using a context
system and a photographic survey of each trench was carried out to
produce a photogrammetric plan.

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105
106

slabs
101
118

107 120
STG 01

108
113

114
109
103

110
117

relaid slabs 111


102 119
116

130 112
115
104

handmade brick cement repair


1m

Figure 3: Ground plan showing slab floor prior to lifting.


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5.0 RESULTS

5.1 Fieldwork

The work was undertaken over a number of half day watching briefs
during December 2008. As the entire work took place within the building
itself, under lighting, the conditions were not an issue for the visibility and
recording of features. As the slabs lay directly on beds of sand, excavation
was easy, and the depth required for the damp proofing was 300mm,
providing a suitable terminus for investigation, though sondages were
sunk to a depth of 430mm to access underlying archaeology. Each room
was assigned separate context numbers with the Education room (STG01)
starting at 101 and the smaller Fruit store (STG15) from 201.

The various datasets from the investigation are presented in the appendix
section; Context list (Appendix 1), Photographic list (Appendix 2), Finds
register (Appendix 3) Stratagraphic Matrix (Appendix 4).

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sondage

mixed deposit 123

STG 01
sand
122

cut
121
brick structure
127
124
pipe
126
ash 128 cut 129
121 pipe
pipe 125

127

104

handmade brick lead pipe


1m

Figure 4: after removal of slabs and excavations


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5.2 The Rooms (Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5)

5.2.1 Room STG01 (Figs. 2 & 3) was a total length of 8.03m x 4.86m wide. The
depth of the excavation was dependant on the requirement for the damp
proofing which was set at 300mm beneath the existing floor surfaces. The
sandstone slab floor was clearly divided into two distinct areas; The
‘original’ laid slabs [101] which were set in a linear / staggered format,
across the room; the much altered and broken southwest end [102], which
although consisting of similar material (grey sandstone) was irregularly set.
The average thickness of the slabs was 70-85 mm. Part of the later repairs
were in brick such as the infill [103] designed to complete a row of slabs,
while others were of cement, [116], [118] and [130] and dated relatively
recently. The state of the floor a the southwest end of the room, was
severely deflated and uneven, suggesting that not only had the slabs been
lifted and relaid, but significant alteration to the underlying bedding had
taken place, causing subsidence.

The two fireplaces related to the current floor level, with hearths created
using re-used bricks; the southwest fireplace [104] with a diagonal
arrangement, and the northeast fireplace [106] a double row. The
cupboard recess, which until recently had been utilised to contain a
‘Belfast’ sink, was also floored with reused bricks [105]. The main
recognisable feature in the south corner and corresponding with the
known use as a laundry was a series of sloping channels cut into the slabs
(including those that have been relaid) [107]-[112] which joined to a
channel [113] that ran along the southeast wall to a drain outlet [117].
Examination of the drain showed it had been blocked. Square sockets in
the floor [114] and [115] may represent fittings for the laundry sinks,
however [115] may have carried a lead water pipe [125] – see below.
Traces of mortar [119] were evident in a regular pattern around the
fireplace, which seemed to represent a brick structure built against the
fireplace [104]. A final discovery was noted after plaster was removed from
the walls around the central window on the southeast wall, where clear
signs of blocking were recognised [120], this was confirmed as a blocked
door with one of the slabs in the original flooring [101] continued beneath
the blocking.

After removal of the slabs, the bedding was shown to be a fine yellow
sand [122], which reached a depth of 430mm. This was investigated
beyond the required 300mm in a central sondage, that showed a further
archaeological deposit consisting of coarse mortar rubble and brick,
mixed with a soil matrix [123]. Barely 20mm beneath the slabs at the
southwest end, a brick feature began to appear, constructed of reused
18th-century bricks set in a hard cream mortar and corresponding in
extent to the mortar traces found on the upper slabs [119]. The structure
[127] formed a box around a central rectangular pit that was filled with
charcoal and ash [128] that will represent the firepit and standing for a
laundry copper. The feature had been truncated by cut [121] which
carried two lead pipes [125] and [126] (1.5” and 2” in diameter
respectively). The pipes led in from the door in the west corner with pipe
[125] turning to the south corner, and terminating in a cut end beneath

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feature [115] in the slab floor above and pipe [126 continuing across the
room and through the southeast wall into the courtyard. A further large
bore 4” pipe [129] was uncovered 500mm to the southwest of the blocked
drain [124] which had been cut level with the southeast wall face. The
blocked drain [124], may have been a brick structure of similar date to
[127], but had been damaged during the insertion of the pipe trench
[121].

5.2.2 (Fig. 4) Room STG15, measures 3.14m wide and 3.72 long, and is situated
in the return angle of the north corner of the stables, with a single
entrance from the exterior. The slab floor [201] was in a poor state, and
the grey sandstone was water damaged and broken, with an average
thickness of up to 70mm. Beneath the slabs was a yellow sand bedding
[202] 270-300mm thick with a number of 19th-century artefacts. The sand
bedding itself was sitting directly onto a layer of well bedded cobbles
[203] of various sizes, which had edging cobbles set parallel to the
northwest and northeast walls ([210] and [206]), while extending beyond
the southwest and southeast walls ([209] and [207]) confirming the later
internal partitioning of this part of the stables. Foundations [208] for
internal wall [207] extended from the base of the wall by up to 200mm but
narrowed towards the centre. The cobbled surface had been cut [204] by
a wide linear feature (the trench for a culvert), and this had been refilled
with sand [211], and as well as water worn cobbles, mortar debris and
brick fragments.

The fireplace [205] was also set at a level represented by the slabs, while
sitting 270mm above the cobble surface. The cut 204 was excavated
further to a depth of 430mm, where a mixed clay and soil layer was
uncovered, similar to a deposit previous recognised in the courtyard
trench, covering the stone culverted drain. The line of this cut matched
exactly the line expected and it is clear the drain has been inserted
through the cobbles prior to the erection of the partition walls. Both wall
[207] and wall [209] were constructed of rubble and brickwork, though
fine sandstone ashlar had been used as the quoins for the corner in the
south of the room.

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Wall
205 206

Wall
line of 203 207
culvert
drain
mixed sand
211
founds
208
cut 212
204

STG 15
Wall
210 203

Wall 209

Opening cut through wall

STG 01

1m

Figure 5: Plan of room STG 015 after slabs removed (see photograph for layout prior to lifting)
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5.3 Artefacts

5.3.1 Very few artefacts were recovered during the watching brief. All the
artefacts were recovered from the layer immediately below the badly laid
floor in STG15, within the sand bedding layer [202] - all seem to represent
a date no earlier than the early-mid 19th-century. Of interest is the door
strap hinge, and a large chisel-headed implement.

6.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The programme of evaluation has shown the existence of a number of


broadly datable events within the two rooms investigated.

Room STG01 was clearly a room with a slab floor [101] with a door [120]
placed centrally in the southeast wall, and fireplaces set in each ‘gabled’
wall. The depth of sand and underlying mortar rubble may represent a
primary phase of construction for this area. It is likely that the door in the
west corner was original to the structure. The later alteration of the room
no earlier than the 19th-century (as evidenced by the reused 18th-century
bricks) as a laundry is shown by the channels cut into the slabs, that would
have serviced a series of sinks. The fact that the channels are also cut into
the relaid slabs [102] shows that the brick structure [127] was constructed
prior to this activity, and may indeed be concurrent with this activity. The
theory is strongly supported by similar structures; this would be where
water was boiled in a large copper, and hence the signs of a structure built
against the fireplace [104] that is seen as traces of mortar on the floor
[119]. A drainage outlet is created at this time [124] and perhaps replaced
later with the large lead 3” pipe [129], that led out to the stone culvert
previously excavated in the courtyard. The floor slabs [102] showed the
evidence of another phase of lifting and relaying, with the cut [121] which
truncates and essentially destroys the brick structure [127], with the
remains of the last fire (charcoal [128] lying in situ in the fire ash pit. The
cut took two lead pipes, which may be relatively dated into the 20th
century, though it seems likely that the room remained as a laundry until
recently: when the room was initially recorded after the estate was taken
into the care of the National Trust for Scotland, the sinks were still in situ,
and a hand cranked mangle was fixed in position in the centre of the
room. (Paul Chandler pers. comm.). The door that leads from the east
corner, can be seen to be an insert, due to the step up to a different level,
and the probability of a further cupboard recess being there previously. A
new door would have been necessitated by the blocking of the central
door [120]. It is therefore likely this room contains elements from the 18th,
19th and 20th centuries, relating to a primary use as a living space with
fireplaces, then a laundry with a large copper at the southwest end, and
finally as a more ‘modern’ laundry, with another source of heating water.

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Room STG15 gives a clear phasing of structural alterations to the building.


The removed slabs [201] respected the smaller arrangement of a room
that had been created by the insertion of two rubble and brick internal
walls ([207] & [210]. During this later phase (which must have been in the
mid-19th century – evidenced by the artefacts recovered from beneath the
floor) a small fireplace was inserted, some 300mm above the previous
cobbled surface [203]. This surface had been cut through by a large trench
[204], which followed directly the projected line of the stone culvert
previously uncovered in the courtyard. The cobbles themselves were
comparable with those used for an internal space that would be used for
animals, and are only a corner of the full original room size. The cobbles
respected the northwest and northeast walls, which would suggest that
these were part of the earliest constructions on the site. The cobble
surface was also at the same level of the slab floor in STG 01. It is likely
that Room STG15 once covered the width of the building and was
bounded to the southwest by the dividing wall to STG01.

Further work within the stable block will clearly require archaeological
presence, as this investigation has shown that significant archaeological
remains are preserved at a depth of c. 300mm – though in the case of the
brick structure, this was only a matter of 20mm, and indeed even the
current floor surfaces and walls have hidden features that will continue to
inform the development history of the site.

Recommendations for further study would include a continuing


examination of the culvert system and a more systematic investigation of
the earlier foundations of the stables block.

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Appendix 1 Context Register

Context List – Newhailes Estate Stables Education Room NES08


Context Description
Room STG01
101 Well laid fine grained grey sandstone slabs (c. 50-70mm thick)
102 Mixed relaid slabs in no discernible pattern (south west end of room STG01
103 10 18th-century handmade bricks relaid against northwest wall (220mm x 58mm x 92mm)
104 Fireplace in southwest wall, with brick hearth
105 Cupboard recess in north corner, with relaid brick flooring
106 Fireplace in northeast wall, with brick hearth
107 Drain channel in slab floor (sloping to southeast and linear channel 113) evidence of
laundry
108 Drain channel in slab floor (sloping to southeast and linear channel 113) evidence of
laundry
109 Drain channel in slab floor (sloping to southeast and linear channel 113) evidence of
laundry
110 Drain channel in slab floor (sloping to southeast and linear channel 113) evidence of
laundry
111 Drain channel in slab floor (sloping to southeast and linear channel 113) evidence of
laundry
112 Drain channel in slab floor (sloping to southeast and linear channel 113) evidence of
laundry
113 Drain channel in slab floor along south east wall, sloping to southwest and outlet drain
114 Fixing slots in slab floor associated with ‘sinks’ and the laundry.
115 Fixing slots in slab floor associated with ‘sinks’ and the laundry. (may have connected to
lead pipe 125)
116 Cement ‘repair’ in south corner, overlying drain channels 111,112 and 113
117 Steel drain cover over decommissioned drain for laundry channels. (see 124)
118 Cement repair in original slab floor
119 Traces of mortar base for feature built against fireplace 104 (see also brick structure 127)
120 Original blocked doorway into room, from courtyard, with slab extending beneath
blocking in the present window. (predating laundry phase.
121 Later cut through brick feature 127 taking two lead pipes from door in west corner across
the room
122 Deep sand deposit (c. 320mm thick) forming base layer for slabs
123 Mixed deposit of brick frags, large mortar fragments and silty clay soil matrix, beneath
sand 122, representing rough construction/demolition prior to current slab floor
124 Rubble and brick remains of drain in southeast wall, leading to culvert drain in courtyard.
125 1.5” lead pipe (leads to beneath feature 115 in slab floor.
126 2” lead pipe crosses room and extends into courtyard.
127 Remains of truncated brick structure (bricks are reused 220mm x 58mm x 92mm) and form
a sub floor structure related to the feature noted as trace mortar 119 – forms part of
laundry structure for heating water (supporting coppers?)
128 Ash fill within brick feature 127 – truncated by cut 121
129 Large diameter 4” lead pipe, cut level with wall (in south east corner) which would have
drained water into main culvert drain, after blocking of drain 124
130 Cement Repair
Room STG15
201 Badly damaged and relaid grey sandstone slabs (c. 50-70mm thick)
202 Sand makeup layer for slabs (up to 250mm thick)

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Context List – Newhailes Estate Stables Education Room NES08


Context Description
203 Water worn cobble surface respecting walls 206 and 210 and extending beyond current
room to the southwest and northeast
204 Large cut c. 1.5 metres wide, bisecting room (relating to construction of stone culvert (in
late 18th century)
205 Fireplace relating to higher slab floor, set into wall 206
206 Original wall of structure, respected by cobbles 203
207 Later brick and rubble wall
208 Foundations for wall 207
209 Later wall of brick and rubble, sitting directly over cobbles 203
210 Original wall respected by cobbles 203
211 Mixed deposit of sand, and cobbles (infill of cut 204) (c. 200mm deep)
212 Mixed clay/mortar/brick fragments which correlated to similar deposits overlying stone
culvert excavated in courtyard. (found at depth of 430mm beneath the slab floor surface)

Appendix 2 Photo Register (Digital)

Photo Record List – Newhailes Estate Stables Education Room NES08


Photo Site Direction
Description Date
ID Code from
1 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
2 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
3 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
4 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
5 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
6 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
7 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
8 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
9 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
10 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
11 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
12 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
13 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
14 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
15 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008

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Photo Record List – Newhailes Estate Stables Education Room NES08


Photo Site Direction
Description Date
ID Code from
lifting in Room SRG01
16 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
17 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
18 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
19 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
20 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
21 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
22 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
23 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
24 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
25 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
26 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
27 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
28 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
29 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
30 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
31 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
32 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
33 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
34 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of slab floor prior to Vertical Dec 2008
lifting in Room SRG01
35 NES08 General view of Room STG01 prior to lifting of North Dec 2008
slabs
36 NES08 General view of Room STG01 prior to lifting of South Dec 2008
slabs
37 NES08 Detail of relaid slabs [102] with mortar ‘scar’ NE Dec 2008
[119] relating to a structure integrated with
fireplace [104] and cement repair [113]
38 NES08 General working shot - Dec 2008
39 NES08 General working shot - Dec 2008
40 NES08 Interior of Room STG15 after slabs removed, NE Dec 2008
with ‘slap-though’ already cut through wall
[209] showing cobbled surface [203] and cut

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Photo Record List – Newhailes Estate Stables Education Room NES08


Photo Site Direction
Description Date
ID Code from
[204]
41 NES08 Interior of Room STG15 showing cobbled SW Dec 2008
surface [203] and cut [204] and fireplace [205]
42 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
43 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
44 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
45 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15

46 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
47 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
48 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
49 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
50 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
51 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
52 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
53 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
54 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
55 NES08 Part of photo mosaic of cobbled surface after Vertical Dec 2008
slabs[201] lifted and sand [202] removed in
Room SRG15
56 NES08 Northeast corner of STG15, with relationship West Dec 2008
between cobbles [203], wall [206], foundations
[208] supporting inserted wall [207]
57 NES08 Vertical section showing depth of sand and - Dec 2008
slabs overlaying cobbles [203]
58 NES08 Section in sondage showing makeup beneath - Dec 2008

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Photo Record List – Newhailes Estate Stables Education Room NES08


Photo Site Direction
Description Date
ID Code from
cobbles [203]
59 NES08 Brick feature [127] exposed in Room STG01, at Southwest Dec 2008
southwest end.
60 NES08 Brick feature [127] exposed in Room STG01, at Southwest Dec 2008
southwest end.
61 NES08 Brick feature [127] exposed in Room STG01, at Northwest Dec 2008
southwest end.
62 NES08 Brick feature [127] exposed in Room STG01, at Southwest Dec 2008
southwest end.
63 NES08 Termination of pipes [126] and [127] and pipe Northwest Dec 2008
129 truncated through wall in centre.
64 NES08 Detail of rubble [124] beside pipe [126] Northwest Dec 2008
65 NES08 Brick feature [127] exposed in Room STG01, at Southeast Dec 2008
southwest end.

66 NES08 Detail showing pipes cutting Brick feature vertical Dec 2008
[127] and ash fill[128]
67 NES08 View of fully exposed Brick feature [127] and vertical Dec 2008
ash pit [128]
68 NES08 View of fully exposed Brick feature [127] and NorthEast Dec 2008
ash pit [128] with cut [121] containing pipes
[125] and [126]

Appendix 3 Artefact List

Artefact Record List – Newhailes Estate Stables Education Room NES08


Room Context Description
STG15 [202] 1 Fe door strap hinge
1 Fe Chisel ( 53cm long – 1” diameter/2.54cm)
3 Glass bottle bases (2 wine bottle – 1 basket pattern clear/opaque )
1 Clear glass drinking glass
3 Glass bottle fragments
2 conjoining sherds of a large stoneware vessel – base (oval shape)
1 Sherd of small stoneware flask
2 rim sherds of painted plate (decorated with deep blue around the rim and border with
gold decoration and handpainted flowers and leaves)

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Appendix 4 Stratigraphic Matrix

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References

Maps:

1st Ed Ordnance Survey Map 1853


Beachop 1798 Newhailes Estate Plan
General Roy Military Map, surveyed 1750-55

Reports:

Addyman, T. 2001. ‘Summary of archaeological works at Newhailes’


(unpubl. Report)

Addyman, T. 2002. ‘Summary of archaeological works at Newhailes’,


(unpubl. Report)

Connolly, D. 2008 ‘Investigation of culvert drain, Newhailes Stables courtyard’,


(unpubl. Report)

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Discovery and Excavation Scotland

LOCAL AUTHORITY: East Lothian


Site Name: Newhailes Stables Education Room
Parish: Inveresk
Name of Contributor(s): David Connolly (Connolly Heritage Consultancy)
Type of Site or Find: 18th-19th-century Stables and Drains
NGR (2 letters, 6 or 8 figures): NT 332570 672410

Report:

An archaeological watching brief was carried out during remedial work on the
flooring of rooms STG01 and STG15 in Newhailes Stables.

The Room STG01 was shown to have been original, with a later series of channels
and structures associated with a laundry, and a later insertion of lead water pipes.
Damage and subsidence to the southwest end of the room can be related to this
activity. The room STG15 provided evidence for the insertion of later internal walls,
prior to the laying of a slab floor, which overlaid a cobbled surface for an earlier
internal room, probably associated with animals. Cutting through this cobbling
was a trench related to the building of a stone culvert, that had previously been
examined in the courtyard of the stable block.

Any further works in this area will require archaeological supervision

Sponsor(s): HS, Society, Institution, Developer, etc. (where appropriate):


The National Trust for Scotland

Address(es) of Main Contributor(s):

Connolly Heritage Consultancy


Traprain House
Luggate Burn
Whittingehame
East Lothian
EH41 4QA

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