EHG4136 - Watching brief - land to SW of Maikle Croft, Invershin, Lairg

Technique(s)

WATCHING BRIEF

Organisation

Catherine Dagg

Date

Aug 2011

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East part of site, topsoil stripped to subsoils surface © Catherine Dagg. id: 71501 (click to view a larger version of this image)

West part of site, topsoil stripped to subsoils surface © Catherine Dagg. id: 71500 (click to view a larger version of this image)

South part of site, topsoil stripped to subsoils surface © Catherine Dagg. id: 71499 (click to view a larger version of this image)

North part of site, topsoil stripped to subsoils surface © Catherine Dagg. id: 71498 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Plough marks, indicated by ranging poles © Catherine Dagg. id: 71497 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Plough marks, indicated by ranging poles © Catherine Dagg. id: 71496 (click to view a larger version of this image)

SW part of site, topsoil stripped to subsoil surface © Catherine Dagg. id: 71495 (click to view a larger version of this image)

NE-facing section adjacent to access road, showing dippoing of subsoil surface © Catherine Dagg. id: 71494 (click to view a larger version of this image)

NE-facing section adjacent to access road, showing dippoing of subsoil surface © Catherine Dagg. id: 71493 (click to view a larger version of this image)

NE-facing section of stripped house site area, just south of west corner © Catherine Dagg. id: 71492 (click to view a larger version of this image)

NE-facing section of stripped house site area, just south of west corner © Catherine Dagg. id: 71491 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Sprinmg, overlaid by undisturbed natural gravels © Catherine Dagg. id: 71490 (click to view a larger version of this image)

SE-facing section of service trench above spring, showing undisturbed natural subsoil and gravels © Catherine Dagg. id: 71489 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Natural spring © Catherine Dagg. id: 71488 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Deposit of cobbles exposed in both sections of services trench © Catherine Dagg. id: 71487 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Water worn cobbles immediately underlying plough soil © Catherine Dagg. id: 71486 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Water worn cobbles in matrix of subsoil © Catherine Dagg. id: 71485 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Layer of blackened earth following natural dip of subsoil © Catherine Dagg. id: 71484 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Layer of blackened earth visible in NW-facing section of services trench © Catherine Dagg. id: 71483 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Layer of blackened earth containing stone fragments © Catherine Dagg. id: 71482 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Building group at NH6011 9390 © Catherine Dagg. id: 71481 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Cairn, with house site behind © Catherine Dagg. id: 71480 (click to view a larger version of this image)

General view of house site © Catherine Dagg. id: 71479 (click to view a larger version of this image)

General view of site from SE © Catherine Dagg. id: 71478 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Documents (1)

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SHG26299_Maikle_Croft_2011.pdf — Fieldwork report © Catherine Dagg. id: 120591 (click to open this file in a new window)

Description

An archaeological watching brief was carried out by C Dagg in 2011 on ground breaking work for a new house at Maikle, Sutherland. The only anthropogenic features noted were plough marks and a deposit of charcoal-blackened stone fragments interpreted as the detritus of land clearance. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG26299 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg, C.. 2011. Land to SW of Maikle Croft, Invershin, Lairg, Sutherland: Archaeological Watching Brief. Unaffiliated. Digital.

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Location	Land to SW of Maikle Croft, Invershin, Lairg
Grid reference	Centred NH 5972 9391 (167m by 120m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH59SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Operational Area	CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS
Civil Parish	CREICH

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Sep 3 2014 4:40PM

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