MHG58717 - Rockshelter with Midden - Toscaig 7

Summary

A rockshelter and midden were investigated during the Scotland's First Settlers Project.

Type and Period (2)

ROCK SHELTER (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
MIDDEN? (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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None recorded

Full Description

NG73NW 9 7095 3925, 7044 3975 and 7009 3896
The following sites were recorded between January and September 1999 as part of the Scotland's First Settlers Project. A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
NG 7095 3925 Toscaig 6 Rock shelter. + (MHG35890)
NG 7044 3975 Toscaig 7 Rock shelter. (this record)
NG 7009 3896 Toscaig 9 Rock shelter. + (MHG58718)
Note: + = containing visible midden
B Finlayson, K Hardy and C Wickham-Jones 1999

A rockshelter and midden were investigated during the Scotland's First Settlers Project in 1999. One test pit was excavated. There were four pieces of debitage, two pieces of quartz and two of chalcedonic silica. A small amount of limpet and oyster shell was recovered, together with some unidentified fragments. These shells were eroded and had a chalky appearance. The presence of midden with lithics is a clear sign of human activity, though the lithics are few and not diagnostic. <1>

See link below to the published Scottish Archaeological Internet Report 31 for further details.

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG24512 Text/Publication/Monograph: Hardy, K and Wickham-Jones, C (eds). 2007. Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland: the work of the Scotland's First Settlers project 1998-2004, Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 31. Scottish Archaeological Internet Report. 31. Digital. Section 2.2.76, SFS 39. XY

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Grid reference	Centred NG 7044 3975 (60m by 60m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG73NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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External Links (2)

http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-310-1/dissemination/pdf/sair31.pdf (Link to published Scottish Archaeological Internet Report 31)
https://canmore.org.uk/site/157978/bad-cnapach (Link to HES Canmore record)

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