Melvich
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Melvich
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 348154
Site Number NC86SE 48
NGR NC 8991 6273
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/348154
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (June 2012)
NC 8991 6273 and NC 9004 6237 A walkover survey was carried out in June 2012 in advance of the re-opening of two small sand and rock quarries at Ackron, Melvich. A previous walkover survey by Cathy Dagg in 2002 had identified various sites in the vicinity, including an enclosure, a hut circle and a cairn. No finds or features or archaeological significance were recorded in the quarry area. A possible vestigial hut circle and two 20th-century shooting butts were recorded in the surrounding area. An unrecorded pre-clearance rural settlement site consisting of buildings and field boundaries was noted in an adjacent field.
Archive: HAS. Report: Highland HER
Funder: Alastair Campbell / Foggo Design Associates
Lynne McKeggie, Paul Humphreys, John Wood - Highland Archaeology Services, 2013 (Source: DES)
