EHG865 - Excavation - Seafield West, Inverness

Following a trial trenching exercise in April 1996 by the Centre for Field Archaeology at Seafield West, Inverness, prior to the proposed development of a retail and business park (see EHG4448) full excavation was carried out on the site of features previously identified as cropmarks. The evaluation at the northern end of the site (trench 1) had demonstrated that a ring ditch had surrounded what appeared to be several possible contemporary features with others in the immediate area. Full excavation of the area (known as Area 1 to distinguish it from a second area to the south) exposed a Bronze Age cemetery with three distinct burial rites. The area excavated measured 60m x 40m. <1> <2> It should be noted that when the plan of the excavation is rectified to the correct scale in GIS the area of the excavation actually measures 75m x 40m. The excavation assemblage from the site was submitted to Treasure Trove (TT 61/02) and allocated to Inverness Museum. They are listed under Acc. No. 2012.006. A museum transfer form and box list inventories are with the museum archive files. <3> <4>