EHG5815 - Watching brief - new house plot, Dunmore, Beauly

An archaeological watching brief and recording project was undertaken by Avon Archaeology (Highland) in 2022 in accordance with the requirements of planning consent during preliminary groundworks for a new house, garage and access road at a greenfield site NE of Alandrew, Dunmore, Beauly. The strip and record project was designed to identify, record and characterise all significant archaeological deposits, features and finds revealed during the course of preliminary ground works for new services and the development build, in particular any buried features associated with prehistoric settlement- related activity, which is recorded as a scheduled monument approximately 200m to the SW of the development area. The watching brief fieldwork recorded a uniform and simple sequence of deposits across the entire site comprising topsoil overlying undisturbed natural substrate. The site was archaeologically sterile - no significant archaeological deposits, features or finds were revealed and no further archaeological mitigation is recommended. <1>