EHG226 - Watching brief - New Police Headquarters, Inverness

A watching brief was carried out by Cannich Archaeological Services in 1997 prior to the construction of the new Northern Constabulary Headquarters building in Inverness. Observations during the initial site topsoil stripping by machine of the area to the northeast under tarmac showed that it had been filled and levelled during the construction of the 1960s buulding and the old surface was not exposed. A single pit containing Late Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery was exposed and recorded. The cutting of drainage trenches and the digging of foundation pits were also observed but nothing further was seen. <1>