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General Information

  • Registration number
    0020
  • Date constructed
    1700s?
  • Century constructed
    1701-1800
  • Evidence proof date
    skeps of bees remembered in the boles c.1900
  • Evidence proof use
    skeps of bees remembered in the boles c.1900
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    2

Address

  • Address
    (a cottage)
  • Village or town
    N/A
  • County
    Edinburgh, City of
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Midlothian
  • Region
    Scotland

Premises

  • Accessible
    Demolished
  • Location on Premises
    Outbuilding wall?
  • Direction faced
    not known

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    6
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Rectangle
  • Back shape
    Unknown
  • Recess size
    N/A
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    N/A
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    N/A
  • Wall material
    Stone
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    ?
  • Pictures available
    BT: B/W photo(s) & transparency(ies)

Notes

  • full address not known and dimensions not recorded; 2 iron pegs may have been for boarding up; similar bee boles half-mile away (0303); demolished by 1986 (new house built on site)
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