Site Event/Activity record EHG3277 - Trial trenching - Ness Side, Dores Road, Inverness

Location

Location Ness Side, Dores Road, Inverness
Grid reference Centred NH 6508 4244 (239m by 266m)
Map sheet NH64SE
Operational Area INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Technique(s)

Organisation

AOC Archaeology Group

Date

May 2010

Map

Description

A trial trenching evaluation was undertaken by AOC Archaeology Group in 2010 prior to a retail development on a greenfield site at Ness Side, Dores Road, Inverness. The works consisted of a 5% sample evaluation on a 4.5 ha land parcel comprising rough pasture, a few hundred metres south-east of the River Ness. Eighteeen trenches were mecahnically excavated. Neither significant archaeological features nor unstratified artefacts were uncovered. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dunbar, L. 05/2010. Ness Side, Dores Road, Inverness: Evaluation - Data Structure Report. AOC Archaeology Group. 13/08/2010. Digital.

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Record last edited

Jun 12 2014 11:37AM

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