Inverness, Castle Street
Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inverness, Castle Street
Classification Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 13352
Site Number NH64NE 135
NGR NH 667 452
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64NE 135 667 452.
A shell deposit c. 1ft (0.3m) thick was noted c. 10ft (3.3m) down when
a bank was built on the E corner of Castle and High Streets. Though this may represent the remains of a mesolithic shell midden, it is unlikely to be contemporary with the nearby midden described on NH64NE 104 as
the deposit would have been subject to the erosive effects of the
marine transgressions noted there.
J Wordsworth 1985.
