Dingwall
Fish Trap (18th Century)
Site Name Dingwall
Classification Fish Trap (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Firth
Canmore ID 184549
Site Number NH55NE 152
NGR NH 5619 5818
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/184549
- Council Highland
- Parish Dingwall
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH55NW 152 5619 5818
Fishtraps (AP). Stone and post alignment.
Good examples. Still stakes visible though actively under accretion of mudflats.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998
NH 5619 5818. The remains of a timber and stone intertidal fish trap were surveyed and sampled for radiocarbon dating. The site had been located during a coastal erosion survey between Inverness and Tarbat Ness, on behalf of Historic Scotland. The fish trap, at low water mark, comprises over 100 wooden stakes projecting from the intertidal sandbank in a sinuous line parallel with the shore. Examination of the stakes revealed that in places it is stone-revetted on both shore and landward sides and between some of the stakes are fragments of wattling. The survey revealed that there is more than one fish trap on the site.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, CFA.
A Hale 2000.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (1998)
Fishtraps (AP). Stone and post alignment.
Good examples. Still stakes visible though actively under accretion of mudflats.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998
Radiocarbon Dating (2000)
NH 5619 5818. The remains of a timber and stone intertidal fish trap were surveyed and sampled for radiocarbon dating. The site had been located during a coastal erosion survey between Inverness and Tarbat Ness, on behalf of Historic Scotland. The fish trap, at low water mark, comprises over 100 wooden stakes projecting from the intertidal sandbank in a sinuous line parallel with the shore. Examination of the stakes revealed that in places it is stone-revetted on both shore and landward sides and between some of the stakes are fragments of wattling. The survey revealed that there is more than one fish trap on the site.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, CFA.
A Hale 2000.
