Site Event/Activity record EHG1470 - Walkover survey - Tister Farm, Caithness

Location

Location Tister Farm
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

Map

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> 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)

  • Human remains - Tister Farm, Caithness (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 22 2015 2:32PM

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