Inverness, Bank Street
Midden (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Inverness, Bank Street
Classification Midden (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 13377
Site Number NH64NE 26
NGR NH 6649 4540
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13377
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64NE 26 6649 4540.
"In digging a foundation for the YMCA. building at Inverness , in the sixties of last century , workmen found at a depth of 14 ft. a kitchen midden with relics of an early civilisation".
N Macrae 1923.
The present Y.M.C.A. building is located at NH 6649 4540.
Visited by OS (J L D) 1 April 1960.
Note (1979)
Inverness, Bank St NH 664 454 NH64NE 26
Between 1860 and 1870 what may have been a shell-midden was discovered during the construction of the YMCA hostel. 'Relics of an early civilisation' were recorded.
RCAHMS 1979
Macrae 1923, 337.
