Note of borings for the foundation of the Episcopal Cathedral at the west end of Melville Street, Edinburgh

Abstract

The following seven borings were made in the spring of 1873, by directions of Sir Gilbert Scott, the architect of the proposed Episcopal Cathedral Church of St Mary:—No. 1. Soil, 1 foot; sandy clay (wet), 6 feet; sandstone, bands, and shale, 1 foot 5 inches; sandstone, hard, 5 inches—Total, 8 feet 10 inches. No. 2. Shale (soft and hard) and soil, 11 feet 2 inches; sandstone, hard, 5 inches—Total, 11 feet 7 inches. No. 3. Soil and loose shale, 13 feet; shale, hard, 11 feet 4 inches; sandstone, hard, 5 inches—Total, 24 feet 9 inches. No. 4. Black soil, 1 foot; boulder clay, 11 feet; shale (hard), 6 feet; sandstone band, 4 inches; shale, hard, 3 feet 8 inches; sandstone, hard, 2 feet—Total, 24 feet. No. 5. Soil, 1 foot; boulder clay, 6 feet 6 inches; shale (various), 13 feet; bands and shale, 20 feet; sandstone, 5 inches; hard bands and shale, 5 feet 8 inches—Total, 46 feet 7 inches. No. 6. Soil, 1 foot; clay, 5 feet; shale (not hard), 7 feet; black bands and hard shale, 13 feet; sandstone bands and hard shale, 2 feet; sandstone, hard, 1 foot—Total, 29 feet. No. 7. Black soil, 1 foot; clay, 8 feet; shale (pretty hard), 17 feet 8 inches; hard bands and hard shale, 3 feet 5 inches; sandstone, hard, 9 inches—Total, 30 feet 10 inches.