MHG3859 - Castle Street, Inverness

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SHELL MIDDEN (Undated)

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NH64NE 135 667 452.

A shell deposit c. 1ft (0.3m) thick was noted c. 10ft (3.3m) down when a bank was built on the E corner of Castle and High Streets. Though this may represent the remains of a mesolithic shell midden, it is unlikely to be contemporary with the nearby midden described on NH64NE 104 as the deposit would have been subject to the erosive effects of the marine transgressions noted there.
J Wordsworth 1985.

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--- SHG1664 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1987. The excavation of a mesolithic horizon at 13-24 Castle Street, Inverness. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol.115. 89-103. Digital (scanned as PDF). 89-90.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6670 4519 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH64NE
Civil Parish	INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/13352 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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