Site Event/Activity record EHG3285 - Archaeological Recording along the route of the Inverness to Dingwall Pipeline

Location

Location Inverness to Dingwall Pipeline
Grid reference Centred NH 6316 5240 (17575m by 13296m)
Map sheet NH65SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Operational Area INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wordsworth Archaeological Services

Date

June to October 1992

Map

Description

Observation of the topsoil stripping for the Inverness to Dingwall Gas Pipeline. Over 80 features of interest were recorded, including deposits from the mesolithic to the modern period. One of the sites, a shell midden, was subject to salvage excavation. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth, J. 11/1992. Inverness - Dingwall British Gas Pipeline 1992: A report on Archaeological Discoveries made on the route of this pipeline from June until October 1992. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. Digital (scanned as PDF).

Related Monuments/Buildings (11)

  • Arpafeelie (Find Spot)
  • Artafeelie (Monument)
  • Building foundations and midden, N of High Street, Dingwall (Monument)
  • Building foundations, S of High Street, Dingwall (Monument)
  • Flint Scatter, Kildun (Find Spot)
  • Mill lade, Kilcoy (Monument)
  • Milton of Culloden (Monument)
  • Newton of Ferintosh (Monument)
  • Possible kelp kiln, Milton of Culloden (Monument)
  • Possible Neolithic Cremation, Kilcoy (Monument)
  • Torgorm (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 27 2014 11:40AM

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