Site Event/Activity record EHG3643 - Watching brief and controlled topsoil strip, Assynt Lodge, Inchnadamph
Location
Location | |
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Grid reference | Centred NC 2572 2215 (213m by 382m) |
Map sheet | NC22SE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | ASSYNT |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
Date
November 2011 to January 2012
Description
Archaeological fieldwork was carried out during construction of a house at Inchnadampth, Sutherland, in response to a planning condition. Engineering test pits were excavated under archaeological supervision, and construction of the access road was subject to a watching brief. A controlled topsoil strip was then undertaken on the house site itself.
The house is to be built within a group of hill fields shown on the 1st edition 6 inch map, defined by rough, irregular stone dyke. Near the access road a hut circle was identified and safeguarded. The hill fields defined by the dykes seem to roughly coincide with an area of much earlier clearance probably associated with this hut circle. However, the only archaeological features noted during the watching brief and controlled topsoil strip were two dykes and the ploughed-out remains of a possible clearance cairn. <1><2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG25623 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Higgins, P and Wood, J. 01/2012. Assynt Lodge, Inchnadamph: Archaeological Watching Brief and Controlled Topsoil Strip. Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. Digital.
- <2> SHG25624 Collection/Project Archive: Higgins, P and Wood, J. 01/2012. Assynt Lodge, Inchnadamph: Archaeological Watching Brief and Controlled Topsoil Strip. Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. Digital.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MHG53736 Possible hut circle, Kirkton Assynt (Monument)
Record last edited
Nov 23 2015 4:40PM