Find Spot record MHG8341 - Flint Scatter, Kildun

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5437 5701 (4m by 4m) (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

On a natural knoll to the E of the Maryburgh Roundabout a small group of flints, including a scraper, was found, during observation on the Inverness to Dingwall pipeline. The area was stripped by bulldozer preventing any features being recorded. The flints came from a disturbed soil. The subsoil here was a fine soft yellow sand. At one point, as sketched & photographed , the flint scatter lay over a thick dark brown humic silt with occasional charcoal flecks no more than 30mm thick. This lay above a complicated sequence of gravel over clay over till, the clay being in fine lenses. <1> <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). Site 66 and 71.

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Record last edited

Jul 10 2017 10:40AM

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