Watching Brief

Date March 2018

Event ID 1105884

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1105884

ND 2287 7378 A watching brief was undertaken, March 2018, during groundwork in advance of the construction of a house (No 2) and access road on land 50m W of Sogno Cottage, Brough, The area was considered of interest as a desk-based assessment had identified a number of archaeological sites in the immediate area, including a 19th-century farmstead and an extensive area of possible medieval rig and furrow. A sequence of uniform stone-free silty loam topsoil and clay substrate deposits were recorded across the site, and the only artefacts were a few sherds of modern white and transfer-printed wares, which were not retained.

Report: Highland HER and NRHE

Funder: Private individual

Information from Andrew Young (Highland Archaeology Services Ltd) 29 March 2018. OASIS ID: highland4-389215

(Source: DES Vol 19)