Site Event/Activity record EHG3336 - Archaeological Watching Brief of a Development at Tigh-na-Lios, Newmore, by Invergordon, Highland

Location

Location Tigh-na-Lios, Newmore, by Invergordon, Highland
Grid reference Centred NH 6804 7194 (52m by 41m)
Map sheet NH67SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

Technique(s)

Organisation

Stuart Farrell

Date

January 2008

Map

Description

A desk-based assessment and subsequent watching brief at Tigh-na-Lios, Newmore, by Invergordon as part of a project for a replacement house with associated access and services. The modern house sits close to an early 17th century tower house named Newmore, which fell into disuse in the late 18th or early 19th century. The ground around the tower was used until the 1970s as a market garden, with the remains of greenhouses dating to the late 19th / early 20th century evident. Subsequent monitoring of groundworks revealed only two archaeological features of interest of two rubble drains, associated with the greenhouses of the late 19th century, and a shallow oval pit of an unknown date. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Stuart Farrell. 07/2008. Archaeological Watching Brief of a Development at Tigh-na-Lios, Newmore, by Invergordon, Highland. Unaffiliated. Digital.

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Nov 27 2014 11:48AM

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