Site Event/Activity record EHG137 - Watching Brief and Walkover Survey - Gruids, Lairg

Location

Location Gruids, Lairg, Sutherland
Grid reference Centred NC 5771 0430 (361m by 63m)
Map sheet NC50SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS
Civil Parish LAIRG

Technique(s)

Organisation

AOC (Scotland) Ltd

Date

February 1993

Map

Description

A programme of survey, section recording and sampling was undertaken by AOC (Scotland) Ltd as the result of a pipe-trench being dug through a known area of prehistoric monuments. The survey identified fifty archaeological monuments in a 20 m wide corridor along 350 m of pipe-line. The pipe-trench revealed an area of cultivation ridges and one shallow pit. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Lowe CE/Dalland M/Carter S/ McCullagh R. 1993. Archaeological recording of a pipe-trench at Gruids, near Lairg, Sutherland: Structure report. AOC (Scotland) Ltd. 30/01/1993. Digital (scanned as PDF).

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Record last edited

Jul 1 2016 3:22PM

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