EHG3024 - Watching brief at Plot 1, 5 Mellon Udrigle, Laide

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Catherine Dagg

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April 2009

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Topsoil removed to reveal cobbles of storm beach along S boundary of site . From W . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33106 (click to view a larger version of this image)

shelter . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33105 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Enclosed area of shelter and modern campfire . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33104 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Rubble walling of shelter or enclosure within rocks SW of site . From SW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33103 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Rubble walling of shelter or enclosure within rocks SW of site . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33102 (click to view a larger version of this image)

View of site from high ground to site, digger is in centre . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33101 (click to view a larger version of this image)

General view of site before work, area to be stripped marked by wooden pegs, showing proximity to shore . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33100 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Sample 2 bones and charcoal . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33099 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Sample 1 bones and charcoal . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33098 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Limpet shells stacked inside each other, from SW corner of site . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33097 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Test pit 3, west section . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33096 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Test pit 3, south section, showing sequence of sand above, midden, centre and cobbles below . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33095 (click to view a larger version of this image)

General view of site before work, area to be stripped marked by wooden pegs, showing proximity to shore . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33094 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Test pit 3, south section, showing sequence of sand above, midden, centre and cobbles below . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33093 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Detail of shell deposit . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33092 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Area of deposit, foreground and shell-free area beyond . From W . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33091 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Limpet shells overlying cobbles . From W . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33090 (click to view a larger version of this image)

East edge of midden deposit along south boundary of site . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33089 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Cobble bank, left and windblown sand, right . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33088 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site stripped, showing demarcation between cobles and windblown sand . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33087 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Topsoil stripped, showing windblown sand in foreground and cobble bank behind, midden deposit with shells along right edge of stripped area . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33086 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Exposed cobbles . From above . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33085 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Topsoil removed to reveal cobbles of storm beach along S boundary of site . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33084 (click to view a larger version of this image)

General view of site before work, area to be stripped marked by wooden pegs. Boulders left of centre are on rock ridge . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33083 (click to view a larger version of this image)

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RC_07_760MellonUdrigleWBpart1.pdf — Watching brief report © Catherine Dagg. id: 118111 (click to open this file in a new window)

Description

An archaeological watching brief took place during ground-breaking works for a new house. Topsoil stripping subsequently revealed a deposit of midden material in the western half of the site, consisting of large quantities of limpet and winkle shells. In addiition, three test pits were excavated, the most northerly of which revealed the midden deposit lying beneath a deposit of windblown sand. Two environmental samples were removed for further analysis. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG24298 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg, C. 06/2009. 5, Mellon Udrigle, Laide, Gairloch Parish, Wester Ross: Archaeological Watching Brief. Unaffiliated. Digital.

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Location	Plot 1, 5 Mellon Udrigle, Laide
Grid reference	Centred NG 8944 9558 (31m by 25m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG89NE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Operational Area	ROSS SKYE AND LOCHABER

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

MHG52643 Shell midden, Mellon Udrigle (Monument)

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Nov 27 2014 10:33AM

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