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SHG24019 - Land 150m SE of Achingale Bridge, Watten, Caithness: Archaeological Watching Brief

Type	Text/Report/Fieldwork Report
Title	Land 150m SE of Achingale Bridge, Watten, Caithness: Archaeological Watching Brief
Author/Originator	Dagg, C
Date/Year	11/2008
Organisation	Unaffiliated

Abstract/Summary

Images (21)

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© Catherine Dagg. id: 30738 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Detail of slab floor and small slab fragment uprights, lower right . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30737 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Interior building with part of slab floor, left, gritty subsoil underlying slabs, right and south outer wall crossing L-R . From ENE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30736 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Cleared site with rectangle of former building visible as orange-brown rectangle running top left to bottom right, overlaid by grid for new build . From ESE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30735 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site cleaned to reveal footprint of former building, right foreground, in contrast to dark soil outside building, left . From NE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30734 (click to view a larger version of this image)

View south, over site to valley of Wick River and West Watten Holdings beyond . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30733 (click to view a larger version of this image)

View north from site to Greystones farm (right) and standing stone, adjacent to telegraph pole left of centre. Loch Watten in background . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30732 (click to view a larger version of this image)

View from site to Achingale Bridge and Watten village . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30731 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site after completion of foundation trenches . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30730 (click to view a larger version of this image)

View across site to new access road in background. Earth in foreground is topsoil removed from access road . From W . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30729 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Stratigraphy under floor slabs in east ‘room’ showing fragmented slabs, re-deposited subsoil, black possible byre layer, natural subsoil . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30728 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Side of concrete trough exposed in foundation trench . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30727 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Concrete trough, sheep dip, exposed west end . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30726 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Concrete trough, sheep dip, exposed west end . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30725 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Possible cobble surface north of main rectangle of building . From SW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30724 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Hearth beside west gable wall, with brick set on sides . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30723 (click to view a larger version of this image)

West ‘room’ of building defined by pale soil with hearth, right . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30722 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Internal partition wall . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30721 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Detail of slab floor and small slab fragment uprights, right of pole . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30720 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Detail of slab floor and small slab fragment uprights, below left end of pole . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30719 (click to view a larger version of this image)

View across site towards Wick river. Earth mound is topsoil from access track. Stone surface in foreground is debris from demolition . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 30718 (click to view a larger version of this image)

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Achingale bridge WB.pdf — Fieldwork Report © Catherine Dagg. id: 117760 (click to open this file in a new window)

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Description

Referenced Monuments (1)

Site of building at Achingale Bridge (Monument) (MHG20114)

Referenced Events (1)

Watching brief at Achingale Bridge, Watten

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