Excavation

Date 6 February 2009 - 12 February 2009

Event ID 607659

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NC 4130 0104 Parts of an inhumation burial were recovered, 6–12 February 2009, under the provisions of the human remains call-off contract. The tightly flexed burial lay in a substantial stone cist and was discovered by the landowner while clearing peat. Relatively well preserved organic materials, including wood and fur, accompanied the skeleton. The integrity of the burial had been compromised before archaeological intervention by the local police, who had partially cleared the cist of its contents. However, part of the skeleton and some of the accompanying material remained in situ and were recovered. The site of a second possible cist 5m to the S, where large slabs had been removed by the mechanical excavator, was also investigated. This revealed not a cist but an arcing, stone-built feature which sat on an old ground surface sealed by the peat.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: Highland Council SMR and RCAHMS

Funder: Historic Scotland

Olivia Lelong – GUARD