EHG3694 - Metal detecting survey - Site of Culloden Battlefield

GUARD Archaeology Limited was commissioned by National Trust for Scotland to undertake a metal detector survey prior to the construction of footpaths along the Culloden Battlefield site, Inverness in May 2012. A subsequent visit to carry out a metal-detecting survey along footpath 2 Area A, which was previously inaccessible due to undergrowth was carried out in October 2012. Footpath areas were scanned in 2 m wide transects running in a linear fashion along each of the blocks of ground defined as the course of the new footpath. A total area of approximately more than 4,750 m² was surveyed in 2 m wide transits. Two areas (footpath 2A and the field in footpath 4) covering an approximate area of 1,875 m² were not metal detected due to the presence of trees, dense undergrowth and gorse bushes. Both phases of survey revealed non significant archaeological remains. <1> The additional area of Footpath 4 was subsequently subject to metal detector survey in 2013 - see EHG3762.