EHG4423 - Rescue excavation and photographic survey - Craig-Na-Feich, Achavanich, Caithness

Technique(s)

Organisation

Highland Regional Council

Date

Feb 1987

Description

An archaeological excavation was carried out by R Gourlay and associates of the Highland Regional Council on the 19th of Feburary 1987 to rescue a Bronze Age Beaker Burial Cist which had been exposed during rock extraction for road improvement works at Craig-Na-feich, Achavanich, Caithness.

Sources/Archives (28)

--- SHG4315 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Site of burial cist: stone cut rock hole. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4314 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Site of burial cist - stone cut rock hole. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4313 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Excavated cist - general view. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4312 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Excavated cist - general view. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4311 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Excavated cist from above. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4310 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Cist - interior excavated, from above. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4308 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Burial cist - after excavation. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4307 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Burial cist - after excavation (capstone, frontstone and inhumation removed). Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4306 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Burial cist - after excavation (capstone, frontstone and inhumation removed). Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4305 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Burial cist - interior (showing position of bones). Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4304 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Burial cist - interior (showing position of bones). Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4303 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Detail of interior after capstone has been removed - close up view. B/W Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4302 Image/Photograph(s): Gorurlay, R. 1987. Detail of interior after capstone has been removed - close up view. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4301 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Burial cist - after removal of capstone and front stone. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4300 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Detail of interior after capstone has been removed. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4299 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Detail of interior after capstone has been removed. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4298 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Detail of interior after capstone has been removed. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4297 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Cist - interior showing flint. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4296 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Cist - interior showing flint. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4295 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Capstone - from above. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4309 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Burial cist - general view. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4293 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. General view - after clearance of surrounding rubble. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4292 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Capstone and slates - from above. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4291 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Interior - after removal of skull (for safety reasons). Colour Negative. No. digital (scanned).
--- SHG4290 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Interior - after removal of skull (for safety reasons) - closer up. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4289 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Interior - after removal of skull (for safety reasons). Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4288 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. Interior detail prior to excavation. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).
--- SHG4287 Image/Photograph(s): Gourlay, R. 1987. General view prior to excavation. Colour Negative. No. Digital (scanned).

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Location	Craig-Na-Feich, Achanavanich, Caithness
Grid reference	Centred ND 1783 4333 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND14SE
Operational Area	CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS
Civil Parish	LATHERON
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

MHG13613 Bronze Age cist burial - Craig-na-Feich, Achavanich (Monument)
MHG44025 Human remains, Bronze Age Beaker Burial - Craig-na-Feich, Achavanich (Monument)

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Nov 27 2015 4:47PM

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