Tiree Water Main Rehabilitation

Date 13 November 2012 - 2 February 2013

Event ID 991674

Category Project

Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/991674

Ross and Cromarty Archaeological Services and West Coast Archaeological Services conducted an archaeological monitoring during the rehabilitation of the water main on the Isle of Tiree. The monitoring was recommended as a result of consultations between Scottish Water and West of Scotland Archaeology Service. 132 individual features were recorded during the monitoring; they include Post-Medieval structures, quarry pits, middens, a relict track, standing stones and WWII structural remains. Few artefacts were recovered from the pipeline trench; these included Post-Medieval pottery, glass and metalwork together with a stone tool and a pottery sherd, which could date from the prehistoric period.

Lynn Fraser and Mary Peteranna (Ross and Cromarty Archaeological Services) June 2013.