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Watching Brief
Date April 2009 - May 2010
Event ID 633483
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/633483
NS 05363 67274 A programme of works was undertaken April 2009–May 2010 at Cnoc an Rath as part of a four year programme to consolidate the scheduled ancient monuments on Bute. The planned consolidation forms part of a wider programme of landscape enhancement facilitated by the DBLPS.
A watching brief was undertaken in April 2009 during topsoil stripping for a new all-access walking and cycling path. The path was created broadly on the line of the disused Port Bannatyne to Ettrick Bay tramway and part of it skirted the E, S and W boundaries of Cnoc an Rath. No features of archaeological significance were recorded. Consolidation work was then undertaken to stabilise the surrounding dry stone boundary wall and repair the stonework and iron railings of the 19th-century tomb of James Hamilton of Kames. A photographic survey of both features was conducted prior to the start of this work.
Archive: Bute Museum and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Heritage Lottery Fund, Argyll and Bute Council and Historic Scotland
Paul Duffy – Discover Bute Landscape Partnership Scheme (DBLPS)