Site Event/Activity record EHG4672 - Excavation - cist burial, new medical centre, Drumnadrochit
Location
Location | Land 80m SE of The Surgery, Lewiston, Drumnadrochit |
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Grid reference | Centred NH 5088 2917 (4m by 5m) |
Map sheet | NH52NW |
Operational Area | INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
Civil Parish | URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON |
Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Technique(s)
Organisation
AOC Archaeology Group
Date
Jan 2015
Description
During site clearance for a new medical centre in Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire, in 2015 the operator of a mechanical excavator uncovered a slab-built structure within the subsoil. Removal of the capping stones revealed human remains inside a stone cist. The building contractors secured the site until archaeologists from AOC Archaeology Group recorded and excavated the cist and the surrounding area. Excavation revealed that the cist contained a crouched inhumation burial in a degraded condition. There were no artefacts recovered from the grave. The shallow remains of an elongated pit, a possible second burial, were identified next to the cist and from which fragments of a decorated Beaker pot and a stone wrist guard were recovered. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG26891 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Peteranna, M. 2015. New Medical Centre, Drumnadrochit: Archaeological Excavation: Data Structure Report. AOC Archaeology Group. Digital.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Record last edited
Jun 25 2015 12:14PM