Site Event/Activity record EHG1336 - Trial trenching - Nipster, Gillock Caithness

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Location Gillock
Grid reference Centred ND 2172 5915 (62m by 59m)
Map sheet ND25NW
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS
Civil Parish WATTEN
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Catherine Dagg

Date

Oct 2005

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Trial trenching was carried out C Dagg in 2005 on the site of a new house plot near Gillock, Caithness. Six trenches were excavated on a northeast-southwest axis. Each trench was 2m in width and between 23 and 30m in length. A seventh trench, measuring 45m long covered the area of a proposed septic tank soakaway. No archaeological features were exposed and no artefacts were recovered. <1>

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  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg, C.. 2005. Erection of House, Nipster, Gillock, Caithness: Archaeological Evaluation. Unaffiliated. 01/11/2005. Digital.

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Oct 21 2014 2:51PM

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