And new bronze age find could date to 1500 BC

A substantial section of the early 16th century Flodden Wall was discovered this summer outside The Lot in the Grassmarket.

The section is over five metres long and one metre wide. The wall was hurriedly built to protect the city after the battle of Flodden.

Council workers have also unearthed further evidence of the Corn Exchange, a possibly medieval road and fragments under Victoria Street, as well as finding more medieval artefacts, including a piece of preserved leather which has been sent for tests.

Archaeologists also believe they have found a few more features dating back to the same time as the thrilling find this spring, when we unearthed cereal grains that were found to date back to the Middle Bronze Age, from around 1500 to 1300 BC.

That's more than 2,500 years earlier than anything previously excavated in the Grassmarket.

Samples of the new finds will be sent for analysis to see if they are from the same period.

Want to know more? Come see the artefacts found in the Grassmarket first-hand, and hear more details about our exciting finds from John Lawson, the Council's archaeologist, and James McMeeken of Headland Archaeology, on Thursday 25 September at 7pm at The Lot.

After our break over the Festival period, we expect to be finished all works about late October. Watch for many exciting events in the Grassmarket once we're done!

Any questions? Contact: transport@edinburgh.gov.uk or call Ian Woodcock (CEC) on 0131 221 9287 or Ewan Smith (RJ McLeod) on 0131 229 6948. You can also find information under the Grassmarket section at: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/publicrealm