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Drug jars from Edinburgh Castle and the associated Burgh
This paper seeks to investigate aspects of the form, manufacture, and possible provenance of drug jars from excavations carried out at Edinburgh Castle, and set them in their wider context by studying comparable jars from other sites across Edinburgh's Old Town, both physically and scientifically, using Plasma spectrometry (ICP). They...Haggarty, George ; Hughes, Mike ; McLaren, Dawn
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West Pans: excavations at a ceramic production site in Musselburgh, East Lothian
Excavations were undertaken in 1981 and 1990–1 at the site of the 18th-/19th-century ceramics manufacturing complex of West Pans, near Musselburgh. The foundations of several structures were uncovered although many proved impossible to interpret or date. Several puddling pits, most of them quite small, were identified, as was part of...Lewis, John ; Cobo del Arco, Belen ; Eremin, Katherine ; Forbes, Shiela ; Gallagher, Denis …
kiln, ceramics, William Littler, and puddling pits
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Book chapter
The Industrial Pottery In: Cachart, Ray ‘A little earth above the stone’: Archaeological Investigations 2006–2012 for consolidation work at Moy Castle, Mull, Argyll and Bute
The fifteenth-century Moy Castle tower-house on Mull was altered in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but was abandoned as a domestic residence in 1752. Conservation works between 2006 and 2012, showed the alterations to have been additional turrets, caphouses and a garderobe. The garret entrance was relocated and the second...Hall, Derek ; Haggarty, George
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Pottery. In: Black, S. 'Pathfoot: the lost village of shoemakers'
During July and August 2016, Northlight Heritage undertook archaeological works on behalf of Cala Homes (West) Ltd. In response to a planning condition by Stirling Council, in advance of a housing development at Sheriffmuir Road, Bridge of Allan, It was thought the site could lie on or near the former...Haggarty, George
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Technical report
The industrial pottery. In: Cachart, Ray and Perry, David R. 2019. ‘A little earth above the stone’: Archaeological Investigations 2006–2012 for consolidation work at Moy Castle, Mull, Argyll and Bute
The fifteenth-century Moy Castle tower-house on Mull was altered in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but was abandoned as a domestic residence in 1752. Conservation works between 2006 and 2012, showed the alterations to have been additional turrets, caphouses and a garderobe. The garret entrance was relocated and the second...Hall, Derek ; Haggarty, George
Tower house, caphouse, Mull, Easdale slate, and Flow Blue pottery
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The Excavation: The Later Post-Medieval Period. In: Stoakley, M 2019 ‘Great fears of the sickness here in the City … God preserve us all …’ A Plague Burial Ground in Leith, 1645: an archaeological excavation at St Mary’s (Leith) RC Primary School, Leith Links, Edinburgh, Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 86
In 2016, Wardell Armstrong undertook an archaeological excavation at St Mary’s (Leith) RC Primary School, Edinburgh. The archaeological excavation revealed four phases of activity; Phases 1 and 2 comprised coffined and uncoffined human burials. The lack of infectious pathognomic skeletal lesions, the dating of the finds, the dendrochronological analysis of...Haggarty, George ; Stoakley, Megan
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100 Years of Scottish Pottery 1740-1840: a selection from a private Scottish collection
The catalogue features examples of 18th and early 19th century Scottish East Coast pottery from Scotland’s foremost private collection. Many of the pieces have never previously been on public display. Highlights include examples of William Littler’s porcelain produced at West Pans, and wares produced at the potteries of Robert and...Haggarty, George
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West Pans Pottery Ceramic Resource Disk 2
The West Pans ceramic material, listed described and photographed on the enclosed disk has been assigned to the National Museums of Scotland and was catalogued using accession numbers (MES1.1 to 1132). The majority of the ceramic material was recovered during a small rescue excavation funded by Historic Scotland and the...Haggarty, George
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Technical report
Excavations conducted at the site of Campbellfield pottery Glasgow Ceramic Resource Disc 9
The ceramic material listed, described, and photographed, on this ceramic resource disk is from an archaeological excavation carried out by AOC Archaeology Group for Coltart Early, on behalf of their client, on the site of the Campbellfield pottery in Glasgow. The ceramic material has been sorted by fabric type, decoration,...Haggarty, George
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Technical report
Excavations at the Brunton Wire Works site at Musselburgh (Newbigging Pottery) Ceramic Resource Disc 14
The stoneware and kiln furniture recovered during the programs of work carried out by AOC Archaeology Ltd. and catalogued on this CD ROM, derives from wasters dumped by the Newbigging Pottery, Musselburgh, and dates from the period of production of the Newbigging Pottery, Musselburgh under the ownership of William Affleck...Haggarty, George
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Journal article
Morrison Haven, East Lothian, Scotland Ceramic Resource Disc 7
The pottery listed, described, and photographed in the enclosed ceramic resource disk has been assigned to East Lothian Council Museum Service. It was catalogued using the accession numbers (FD.2008.1.1 to 374) and classified and divided by fabric type, form, and decoration into (7) folders and (44) files, created in Microsoft...Haggarty, George
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Technical report
Bo'ness Pottery Ceramic Resource Disc 12
Haggarty, George
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Technical report
Prestonpans Potteries Ceramic Resource Disc 13
Haggarty, George
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Journal article
The Verreville pottery Glasgow: Ceramic Resource Disk 4
The ceramic material listed, described, and photographed, on the enclosed ceramic resource disk, comes from an archaeological excavation funded by FM Developments Ltd., and carried out in 2005 on the site of the Verreville glass and pottery manufactury in Glasgow by Headland Archaeology Ltd. The ceramic material recovered dates mostly...Haggarty, George
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Technical report
Lancefield Quay Ceramic Resource Disc 5 (Verreville Pottery)
The ceramic material listed, described, and photographed, on the enclosed ceramic resource disk, comes from an archaeological excavation funded by, and carried out at Lancefield Quay on the banks of the River Clyde and almost certainly a dumping ground in the 1850 for the nearby Verreville pottery and later from...Haggarty, George
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Journal article
Belfield and Gordon's Potteries' Scotland Ceramic Resource Disk 8
All the ceramic material catalogued on the enclosed CD ROM. originated from the site of the Belfield pottery Cuttle, Prestonpans, East Lothian Scotland, and emanates from two phases of work. The first which produced by far the largest group of material, accession number (FD. 2007. 1 - 1 to 366),...Haggarty, George
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A gazetteer and summary of French pottery imported into Scotland c. 1150 to c. 1650 a ceramic contribution to Scotland's economic history Ceramic Resource Disc 3
The proposal for a series of published inventories, by countries, of all the imported medieval and post medieval pottery recovered from excavations and field walking in Scotland, was advanced on the final day of the Medieval Pottery Research Group’s conference held in Edinburgh in May 2001. Taking on the roll...Haggarty, George
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Newbigging Pottery Musselburgh, Scotland c 1800 - c 1930 Ceramic Resource Disc 1
The Newbigging ceramic material, listed and photographed on the enclosed disk has been assigned to the National Museums of Scotland and was catalogued using accession numbers (FD 2004.1.1 to 507. This small and fairly commonplace ceramic assemblage derives from a pottery of 19th and early 20th century date. The shards...Haggarty, George
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Technical report
Ceramic Resource disc 10 - Thistle Pottery Portobello Buchan's hand painted stoneware
All the ceramic material catalogued on the enclosed CD ROM. originating from the Buchan’s pottery Portobello was recovered during a program of work carried out by CFA Archaeology, Project Code (Leit 4), for the City of Edinburgh, under the management of John Lawson. It has been catalogued by fabric, type,...Haggarty, George
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Journal article
Portobello Potteries Ceramic Resource Disk 6
My work on the Portobello ceramic resource disk was funded by Historic Scotland. The shard material was catalogued using National Museums of Scotland accession numbers (FD.2006.1 to 659), and the catalogue has been divided into fabrics, types, forms, and decoration, in (11 folders and 93 word files), illustrations (1 to...Haggarty, George
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Journal article
‘Keeping a close watch: pottery, faunal remains and artefacts from Perth Watching Briefs’
Analysis of artefacts of metal, leather and wood, pottery, textile and environmental remains from archae-ological watching briefs in Perth in the 1980s and 1990s has uncovered several items including decorated leather fragments and an M-shaped handle of a type not previously recorded in Perth. Mainly dating to the 12th to...Smith, Catherine ; Hall, Derek ; Habib, Vanessa ; Thomas, Clare ; Haggarty, George
medieval, leather, oyster, Perth, pottery, and watching brief
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Journal article
The ceramic assemblage. In: Lowther, J 2018 ‘The Excavation of a Medieval Burgh Ditch at East Market Street, Edinburgh: Around the Town’, Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 78
In 2015 excavation works undertaken in preparation for a new hotel development at East Market Street, Edinburgh, encountered the remains of a substantial ditch feature likely relating to previously excavated ditches in the medieval burghs of Edinburgh and Canongate. A substantial stratified artefact assemblage including both animal bone and ceramics...Haggarty, George
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The ceramics. In: Caldwell, David H and Stell, Geoffrey P, Achanduin Castle, Lismore, Argyll: an account of the excavations by Dennis Turner, 1970–5'. Scottish Archaeology Internet Report 73
Excavations were undertaken at Achanduin Castle, Lismore, Argyll (NGR: NM 8043 3927), over six seasons from 1970 to 1975 under the direction of the late Dennis John Turner (1932–2013), henceforward referred to as DJT. Partly funded by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and with tools and equipment loaned by...Hall, Derek ; Haggarty, George
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Bricks and tiles. In: Engl, R, 'Where there's muck there's money: The excavation of Medieval and Post-Medieval Middens and associated tenement at Advocate's Close, Edinburgh'. Scottish Archaeology Internet Report 67
In 2012 excavation works undertaken along the western frontage of Advocate's Close, Edinburgh revealed the remains of a 16th-century tenement, owned in turn by the Cants, Hamiltons and Raes, all burgesses or merchants of the city. The tenement remains consisted of wall foundations, cellar floor surfaces and other substantial architectural...Haggarty, George
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Medieval and late pottery. In: Engl, R, 'Where there's muck there's money: the excavation of Medieval and Post-Medieval Middens and associated tenement at Advocate's Close, Edinburgh'. Scottish Archaeology Internet Report 67
In 2012 excavation works undertaken along the western frontage of Advocate's Close, Edinburgh revealed the remains of a 16th-century tenement, owned in turn by the Cants, Hamiltons and Raes, all burgesses or merchants of the city. The tenement remains consisted of wall foundations, cellar floor surfaces and other substantial architectural...Haggarty, George
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Journal article
Insights into Portobello: its harbour and its industries
From the 18th century onwards, the town of Portobello was home to a number of thriving industries, including pottery, brick-making and tile-making, each of which have left their traces for archaeologists to investigate.Haggarty, George ; Roy, Mike
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Sourcing Scottish redwares
Sourcing Scottish Redwares examines Scotland's extensive iron-rich clay sources which were exploited for the production of pottery, tiles and later bricks, from the 13th century onwards. Supported by Historic Scotland the authors used inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) in conjunction with the British Geological Survey's national geochemical database of stream...Haggarty, George ; Hall, Derek ; Chenery, Simon
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Shipwreck ceramics: a major research resource
Haggarty, George
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Journal article
Delftfield, porcelain and Watt bequest
Haggarty, George ; Curnow, Celia
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The ceramic history of West Pans Part 1
The West Pans ceramic material, listed described and photographed on the enclosed disk has been assigned to the National Museums of Scotland and was catalogued using accession numbers (MES1.1 to 1132). The majority of the ceramic material was recovered during a small rescue excavation funded by Historic Scotland and the...Forbes, Sheila ; Haggarty, George
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Journal article
The ceramic history of West Pans Part 2
The West Pans ceramic material, listed described and photographed on the enclosed disk has been assigned to the National Museums of Scotland and was catalogued using accession numbers (MES1.1 to 1132). The majority of the ceramic material was recovered during a small rescue excavation funded by Historic Scotland and the...Forbes, Sheila ; Haggarty, George
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Technical report
High Morlaggan ceramic assemblage resource disc
Haggarty, George
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Technical report
Ceramic resource disc: later pottery & porcelain from Ronaldson Wharf Leith
The Leith Ronaldson’s Wharf excavations carried out by the City of Edinburgh Archaeological Servicein 1997. This large urban excavation covered two large areas either side of the medieval main street Sandport Street laid out formally in the 12th century overlying and incorporating the pre burgh fishing settlement and port. The...Haggarty, George
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Book chapter
Scotland crosses the Atlantic: evidence for eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century ceramic trade
Every field of the decorative arts in colonial and early America is infused with Scottish culture - from furniture, textiles and weaponry to silver, jewellery, glass and ceramics. Making for America is a fascinating study of the transatlantic relationship between Scottish craftsmanship and the emigrant workers of the eighteenth and...Haggarty, George