EHG5171 - Trial Trenching - Land at Sir Walter Scott Drive, Slackbuie, Inverness

An archaeological evaluation was carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd in 2017 ahead of an application for development on land adjacent to Sir Walter Scott Drive at Slackbuie on the South-East outskirts of Inverness. Five trenches were excavated, covering 287m². Aside from field drains, six negative features were recorded. A culvert drain in Trench 2 was assumed to be post-medieval. Five other features were identified. Four were thought to be stone holes, one of these contained modern finds. The remaining feature could have been a small pit but contained no finds or environmental inclusions, such as charcoal.<1>