Site Event/Activity record EHG1470 - Walkover survey - Tister Farm, Caithness
Location
Location | Tister Farm |
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Grid reference | Centred ND 1923 6138 (106m by 100m) |
Map sheet | ND16SE |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Civil Parish | THURSO |
Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Technique(s)
Organisation
AOC Archaeology Group
Date
June 2006
Description
Following a request from Highland Council Archaeology Unit, a small walkover survey over the area was carried out by AOC Archaeology Group in June 2006 under the terms of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call-off Contract. The skeletal remains recovered represented both human and animal bones. Further bones were retrieved from un-stratified deposits. The site lay on the summit of a low hill in a prominent position in the landscape. It was noted that the topsoil in the area of the finds incorporated significantly more stone than that of the lower areas of the field, suggesting the site of a ploughed-out cairn. A number of chambered cairns and long cairns are located with a 3km radius of the site.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG22514 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wilson, D.. 2006. Historic Scotland Human Remains Call-Off Contract: Tister Farm, Caithness: Archaeological Recording Data Structure Report. AOC Archaeology Group. 05/07/2006. Paper and Digital.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MHG54648 Human remains - Tister Farm, Caithness (Monument)
Record last edited
Jul 22 2015 2:32PM