MHG8341 - Flint Scatter, Kildun
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
On a natural knoll to the E of the Maryburgh Roundabout a small group of flints, including a scraper, was found, during observation on the Inverness to Dingwall pipeline. The area was stripped by bulldozer preventing any features being recorded. The flints came from a disturbed soil. The subsoil here was a fine soft yellow sand. At one point, as sketched & photographed , the flint scatter lay over a thick dark brown humic silt with occasional charcoal flecks no more than 30mm thick. This lay above a complicated sequence of gravel over clay over till, the clay being in fine lenses. <1> <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG1449 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1992. 'Ross and Cromarty District (various parishes)', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1992, p.45. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 45. p. 45.
- <2> SHG24866 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth, J. 11/1992. Inverness - Dingwall British Gas Pipeline 1992: A report on Archaeological Discoveries made on the route of this pipeline from June until October 1992. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. Digital (scanned as PDF). Site 66 and 71.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5437 5701 (4m by 4m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH55NW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | DINGWALL |
Finds (1)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Undated)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/78000 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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