Ardersier, High Street, Cromal Lodge
Hotel (20th Century), House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ardersier, High Street, Cromal Lodge
Classification Hotel (20th Century), House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) The Gun Lodge Hotel
Canmore ID 99001
Site Number NH75NE 16
NGR NH 7816 5540
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99001
- Council Highland
- Parish Ardersier
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Archaeological Evaluation (15 June 2007)
NH 7817 5542 A rapid archaeological evaluation was carried out on 15 June 2007 to identify and record the presence of any archaeology in the proposed development area for three house sites on the grounds of The Gun Lodge Hotel. A deskbased assessment of the site found no previously recorded archaeology with the exception of NH75NE0002 noted for the Gun Lodge Hotel, formerly known as Cromal Lodge and believed to be the site of officers' stables for Fort George. Despite its close proximity, this record was not relevant to the proposed development area. Five trial pits were dug using a JCB with a 1.5m wide ditching bucket, but no anthropogenic soils or any evidence of archaeology were discovered. The area examined had in places been part of a bowling green, evident in the profile of the trenches dug.
Archive deposited with RCAHMS.
Funder: Mr A Wilson.
OASIS ID: highland4-33712
