Excavation

Date 1982

Event ID 606174

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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Excavation at the fallen stone by the ring cairn of Cludoich, Clava, Inverness, which lies to the SW of the main group of clava cairns, produced no dating evidence. The orthostat was thought to have been the remnant of a stone circle which encircled the cairn, but a resitivity survey of the area failed to locate any other sockets. Limited excavation under a large slab near the cairn produced ard marks, post-holes and a sherd of pottery under c. 60cm of soil. This implies that a settlement, possibly associated with the cairns, lies protected beneath this layer.

J Barber 1982 (GAJ vol 9)

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