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MHG37285 - Midden - Fraser's Croft, Toscaig

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A shell midden investigated by the Scotland's First Settlers Project, of likely recent date.

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NG73NW 3.03 7126 3863
The following sites were recorded between October 1999 and May 2000 as part of the Scotland's First Settlers Project (See DES 2000, 44):
NG 7126 3863 Frasers croft, Toscaig Open midden. *
Notes: + = containing visible midden.
* = test-pitted sites.
> = sites considered inappropriate for test pitting.
A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
K Hardy and C Wickham-Jones 2000

This open air midden was investigated by the Scotland's First Settlers Project in 2000. A patch of broken shells was exposed by chickens scratching on the east side of a low and probably plough damaged cairn which lay on an old raised beach. One test pit was excavated. Two pieces of glazed pottery, including a handle, were found, in addition to a sheep tooth and assemblage of shell. Daisies on the surface seemed to be a good indication of alkaline soils below and, if they represented the extent of the site, it measured
8m×7m. It seemed likely that this is a recent shell deposit, possibly a midden or the result of shell dumping prior to liming the fields. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 7125 3863 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG73NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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