EHG4142 - Excavation - Coldstream Cottage, Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan (2010 season)

In a second season of work, two excavation trenches were opened up between August and September 2010 by the Ardnamurchan Transitions Project at Coldstream Cottage, Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan. The post medieval site, believed to be C19 in origin, revealed a complex set of stone remains of a possible earlier date. Further excavation work was planned for 2011 to further investigate the site. <1> Trench 1, first opened in 2009, was reopened within the interior of the south-east room of the structure in order to expose in situ occupational/constructional layers. The work in this trench suggested that the construction and initial use of the site was pre-clearance. Trench 2 was opened in the north-west room to discover overall phasing of the structure, to look for differences in room use and to see if there had been a cut into the slope to construct this feature. Evidence from this trench suggested that there was possible different use and construction between this area and that in trench 1. <2>