Excavation

Date 1994

Event ID 606143

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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Excavation was undertaken around the stone prior to its removal to its new protected location (supra). The work was limited to the small Guardianship area, and was further reduced by the immense disturbance caused by the fence foundations. Guardianship gravel overlay a layer of blackened cobbles which dipped below the stone itself. Both were rich in glass and pottery fragments of recent date. and probably derived from the local pashme of hurling bottles at the stone from passing cars. Beneath this was natural gravel subsoil, and it was clear that the stone was not on its original site. Two finds of interest, both unstratified. were noted. These consisted of a small, unretouched and undiagnostic flint flake and a broken glass bead of recent date. Neither relate to the stone.

Highland Regional Council 1994.