Site Event/Activity record EHG3133 - Photographic survey and watching brief at 19 Culburnie, Kiltarlity

An archaeological watching brief was carried out to record the nature and extent of any archaeology revealed during renovation and extension of a house at 19 Culburnie, Kiltarlity. The programme included a Desk Based Assessment, initial photography, safeguarding a scheduled ring cairn adjoining the drive, and a watching brief on groundworks. The excavation of two trenches was observed and recorded using a Magellan Promark 3 GPS and digital mapping software. In Trench 1, a re-deposited grinding / mortar stone, of uncertain date, was recovered from the remnant footing boulders,which had formed a part of the crofthouse visible as a roofed area on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map for the area. <1>