Monument record MHG3837 - Midden, Bank Street, Inverness

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Grid reference Centred NH 6648 4540 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH64NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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NH64NE 26 6649 4540.

"In digging a foundation for the YMCA. building at Inverness , in the sixties of last century , workmen found at a depth of 14 ft. a kitchen midden with relics of an early civilisation".
N Macrae 1923.

The present Y.M.C.A. building is located at NH 6649 4540.
Visited by OS (J L D) 1 April 1960.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Myers and Gourlay, A B and R B. 1992. 'Muirtown, Inverness: preliminary investigation of a shell midden', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 121 1991, p.17-25. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 17-25. 24.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: MacRae, N. 1923. The romance of a royal burgh: Dingwall's story of a thousand years. 337.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 30, No. 246.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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