EHG4144 - Excavation - Coldstream Cottage, Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan (2011 season)

In the third season of work, a series of small excavation trenches were opened up in four structures in July 2011 by the Ardnamurchan Transitions Project at Coldstream Cottage, Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan. Evidence suggested the reuse and abandonment of all four structures and suggested that there was at least two separate periods of occupation. Finds were almost exclusively post-medieval although there were potentially two sherds of medieval pottery recovered from the site. The site was believed to have been a subject of the Highland Clearances in the 1850s. A number of additional test pits were opened on the site revealing potential evidence of metal working, slag, burning and animal remains. <1> Report awaited.