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Trial Trench
Date 2006
Event ID 552360
Category Recording
Type Trial Trench
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/552360
NC 5908 3375 On the basis of the Walkover survey in April 2006 , it has been possible to propose a sequence for the township's development. Trial excavations targeted several potentially early structures identified during the walkover survey, with trenches opened over the interior and walls of four buildings. The results showed that while three of the buildings had gone out of use at some point during the township's occupation, one (46) contained evidence of long-term use that may have begun in the medieval period and appears to have continued until the township's clearance in 1807. This included three phases of hearth, the second of which was associated with coarse pottery, and evidence for the destruction and rebuilding of one wall.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS. Report lodged with Highland Council SMR and NMRS.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland, The Russell Trust, The Hunter Trust, Glasgow University, Assumption College.
