Site Event/Activity record EHG1337 - Watching brief - Inverness Airport Access Road, Petty

Location

Location Inverness Airport
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

Map

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> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Cachart, R.. 2005. Archaeological Watching Brief: Inverness Airport Access Road, Inverness. SUAT Ltd. 10/11/2005. Digital.

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • Old Inverness to Elgin road (Monument)
  • Post-medieval croft - near Inverness Airport, Petty (Monument)
  • Undated ditch - near Inverness Airport, Petty (Monument)
  • Undated features - near Inverness Airport, Petty (Monument)

Record last edited

Oct 21 2014 2:51PM

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