MHG4330 - Cropmark of timber buildings/enclosures? - Glendruidh
Summary
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Type and Period (3)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The crop-mark of a rectangular timber building has been recorded 450m NW of Parks farmhouse; it measures about 30m by 11m and contains slight indications of what may be internal structures. About 15m to the W there is the crop-mark of a sub-rectangular enclosure measuring about 22m by 16m within a narrow ditch.
RCAHMS 1979; Visible on RCAHMS air photograph IN 2644 : flown 1976.
This building could be compared with the Neolithic 'timber hall' excavated at Balbridie (NO 79 NW 16).
G S Maxwell 1978.
The cropmarks were investigated by AOC (Scotland) in late 1990 as part of works on the the line of the proposed Inverness Distributor Road. The cropmarks were not on the line of the proposed road but lay close to associated developments. It was therefore decided to carry out fieldwork with the limited objectives of locating, but not excavating, the archaeological features responsible for the cropmarks, in order that they could be protected; and of determining whether any adjacent features existed which were not visible as cropmarks. Two trenches, each 4 m wide, were located over the estimated position of the cropmarks and were stripped by machine to the base of the ploughsoil. These trenches were then cleaned by hand in order to reveal any cut features. Nine poorly defined grey patches were observed in the subsoil, each c 0.3 m in diameter; in addition, there was an irregularly shaped area, some 3 x 1.5 m, of large rounded stones. These possible features were not excavated. Significant archaeological features of a linear nature corresponding to the cropmarks were not identified. <1> <2>
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG116 Text/Publication/Article: Maxwell, G S. 1978. 'Air photography and the works of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland', Aerial Archaeol Vol. 2 1978, p.37-44. Aerial Archaeol. 37-44. 44.
- --- SHG2673 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. RCAHMS. . 20, No. 131.
- <1> SHG941 Text/Publication/Article: Carter and Russell-White, S and C. 1991. Inverness Southern Distributor (Inverness & Bona parish): pit alignments, timber halls. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 41. 41.
- <2> SHG1686 Text/Publication/Article: Carter, S. & Russell-Whte, C.J.. 1993. The investigation of two cropmark sites near Inverness (PSAS Vol. 123 pp.235-43). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 123. 235-43. Digital (scanned as PDF). 235-7, 240-2.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6831 4305 (80m by 80m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH64SE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.123.235.243 (View published article on the SocAntS website)
- https://trove.scot/place/13521 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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