Monument record MHG8332 - Building foundations, S of High Street, Dingwall

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 54790 58772 (15m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH55NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DINGWALL

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Full Description

Timber foundations for a building fronting the High Street were found with midden containing bottle glass, when monitoring work for the Inverness-Dingwall gas pipeline.
J Wordsworth, 1992. <1>

On the High Street on the site of properties destroyed to construct a Ring Road, substantial timber foundations were
uncovered. These timbers were presumably laid for stability on the damp clay and do not necessarily mean that the original building here was also of timber. Indeed the stones would suggest otherwise. The finds of bottle glass suggest a construction perhaps in the 18th C, though the bottle glass was probably not diagnostic. <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1992. 'Ross and Cromarty District (various parishes)', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1992, p.45. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 45. p. 45.
  • <2> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth, J. 11/1992. Inverness - Dingwall British Gas Pipeline 1992: A report on Archaeological Discoveries made on the route of this pipeline from June until October 1992. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. Digital (scanned as PDF). Sites 76, 77, 81.

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2010 4:32PM

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