Site Event/Activity record EHG3892 - Excavation - Torbreck Cist, Cullaird Wood, Inverness

Location

Location Cullaird Wood
Grid reference Centred NH 6414 4043 (13m by 13m)
Map sheet NH64SW
Operational Area INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY
Civil Parish DORES
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Technique(s)

Organisation

GUARD Archaeology Ltd

Date

March 2012

Map

Description

An archaeological rescue excavation was undertaken by GUARD Archaeology Ltd in March 2012 on behalf of Historic Scotland under the terms of the Human Remains Call-Off Contract, when a prehistoric burial cist was discovered during landscaping works following the construction of a new access track in Cullaird Wood, south-west of Inverness. The excavation uncovered a sub-rectangular stone built cist containing the probable remains of an adult individual with a Plain Urn vessel and six lithic fragments. <1> The site and excavation were published online in 2014. <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Kilpatrick, M. 2012. Torbreck Cist, South-West Inverness: Human Remains Call-Off Contract: Data Structure Report: Project 3499. GUARD Archaeology Ltd. Digital.
  • <2> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Kilpatrick, M. AR08: A Highland Funeral: Portrait of an Early Bronze Age Beaker Burial at West Torbreck, south-west Inverness. GUARD Archaeology Ltd. Digital.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Torbreck Cist - Cullaird Wood, Inverness (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2015 9:54AM

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