Site Event/Activity record EHG1337 - Watching brief - Inverness Airport Access Road, Petty
Location
Location | Inverness Airport |
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Grid reference | Centred NH 7698 5098 (1559m by 879m) |
Map sheet | NH75SE |
Operational Area | INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
Civil Parish | PETTY |
Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Technique(s)
Organisation
SUAT Ltd
Date
June-July 2005
Description
A watching brief was carried out by SUAT in 2005 on groundworks during construction of a new 2km long access road to Inverness Airport. This followed on from a DBA and walkover survey in 2002 (see EHG1646) and an evaluation in two areas in 2004 (see EHG1178). Seven areas of specific archaeological interest were stripped by mechanical excavator with a ditching bucket under archaeological supervision while the remainder of the site was stripped by bulldozer. No further significant archaeological evidence was found at Cnoc an t-Sidhean or a C18 croft site. Shallow drainage ditches, plough scarring, pit features, field clearance mounds and part of a dyke were observed and recorded elsewher over the site. These features contained no easily datable finds and were not considered of great archaeological significance. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG22395 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Cachart, R.. 2005. Archaeological Watching Brief: Inverness Airport Access Road, Inverness. SUAT Ltd. 10/11/2005. Digital.
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Record last edited
Oct 21 2014 2:51PM