Kilmartin
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kilmartin
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 363429
Site Number NM80NW 90
NGR NM 82802 05674
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/363429
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmartin
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Watching Brief
NM 82802 05674 – NR 86080 88993, NR 85386 92345 – NR
85219 92237 The excavation of a series of trenches for pole
replacements on overhead power lines and the installation
of earth cables were monitored in a wide area encompassing
the Kilmartin and Kilmichael valleys. A total of 20 poles
were changed and 18 trenches were dug over a wide area
between NM 82802 05674 on the N and NR 86080 88993 on
the S. In addition, a trench for an underground cable to an EE
mast was excavated between NR 85386 92345 and NR 85219
92237. Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered
in any of the trenches.
A full account of these watching briefs can be found in the
reports submitted to the NRHE and OASIS.
Archive and report: NRHE and OASIS
Funder: SSEN
John Lewis – Scotia Archaeology
(Source: DES, Volume 19)
