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SHG24298 - 5, Mellon Udrigle, Laide, Gairloch Parish, Wester Ross: Archaeological Watching Brief

Type	Text/Report/Fieldwork Report
Title	5, Mellon Udrigle, Laide, Gairloch Parish, Wester Ross: Archaeological Watching Brief
Author/Originator	Dagg, C
Date/Year	06/2009
Organisation	Unaffiliated

Abstract/Summary

Images (24)

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Topsoil removed to reveal cobbles of storm beach along S boundary of site . From W . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33106 (click to view a larger version of this image)

shelter . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33105 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Enclosed area of shelter and modern campfire . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33104 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Rubble walling of shelter or enclosure within rocks SW of site . From SW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33103 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Rubble walling of shelter or enclosure within rocks SW of site . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33102 (click to view a larger version of this image)

View of site from high ground to site, digger is in centre . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33101 (click to view a larger version of this image)

General view of site before work, area to be stripped marked by wooden pegs, showing proximity to shore . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33100 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Sample 2 bones and charcoal . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33099 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Sample 1 bones and charcoal . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33098 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Limpet shells stacked inside each other, from SW corner of site . . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33097 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Test pit 3, west section . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33096 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Test pit 3, south section, showing sequence of sand above, midden, centre and cobbles below . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33095 (click to view a larger version of this image)

General view of site before work, area to be stripped marked by wooden pegs, showing proximity to shore . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33094 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Test pit 3, south section, showing sequence of sand above, midden, centre and cobbles below . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33093 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Detail of shell deposit . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33092 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Area of deposit, foreground and shell-free area beyond . From W . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33091 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Limpet shells overlying cobbles . From W . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33090 (click to view a larger version of this image)

East edge of midden deposit along south boundary of site . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33089 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Cobble bank, left and windblown sand, right . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33088 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site stripped, showing demarcation between cobles and windblown sand . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33087 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Topsoil stripped, showing windblown sand in foreground and cobble bank behind, midden deposit with shells along right edge of stripped area . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33086 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Exposed cobbles . From above . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33085 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Topsoil removed to reveal cobbles of storm beach along S boundary of site . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33084 (click to view a larger version of this image)

General view of site before work, area to be stripped marked by wooden pegs. Boulders left of centre are on rock ridge . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 33083 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Documents (1)

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RC_07_760MellonUdrigleWBpart1.pdf — Watching brief report © Catherine Dagg. id: 118111 (click to open this file in a new window)

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Description

Referenced Monuments (1)

Shell midden, Mellon Udrigle (Monument) (MHG52643)

Referenced Events (1)

Watching brief at Plot 1, 5 Mellon Udrigle, Laide

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