Monument record MHG56032 - Possible Bronze Age occupation - Culduthel, Inverness

Evidence for pre-Iron Age, possibly Bronze Age, occupation was exposed during excavation by Headland Archaeology in 2005 at Culduthel near Inverness. Structure 14 lay approximately 12m south of the large Iron Age roundhouse Structure 10 (see MHG49950 for the Iron Age occupation of the site) and considted of a group of features interpreted as the truncated remains of a ring-ditch house formed by an arc of five postholes. It was partially bounded to the north by a small hollow that may have been the remnants of a ring-ditch. An arc of nine postholes and a shallow amorphous pit south-west of Structure 14 may have ben the remains of another ring-ditch house. In addition, an amorphous area of rough cobbling lay at the base of the slope east of Structure 14 and may have been associated and contemporary. The matrix around the cobbling contained some flecks of charcoal and burnt bone as well as 72 sherds of prehistoric coarseware pottery, much of it from one vessel. A single possible flint tool was also recovered. <1>

Further analysis and final dating of the finds assemblage and general site are awaited.

<1> Murray, R., 2007, Culduthel Mains Farm, Inverness: Phase 5: Excavation of a Later Prehistoric Settlement, pp.12-13 (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG23330.