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Tain, 1 Chapel Street

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Site Name Tain, 1 Chapel Street

Classification No Class (Event)

Canmore ID 293469

Site Number NH78SE 226

NGR NH 7810 8215

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Tain
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH78SE 226 7810 8215

NH 7810 8215 A programme of archaeological recording and monitoring work was carried out in response to a planning condition at 1 Chapel Street, Tain, in the autumn of 2005 in advance of construction of a new house. The site was cut into the slope of the raised beach, on the top of which is the reputed site of Tain Castle. A great depth of hill-wash material was encountered, which required much deeper foundations than had been originally planned. The whole project was put on hold while a decision was made by the clients and their advisors about how best to proceed. The existing garden retaining wall was considered inadequate and a new retaining wall was constructed to hold back the hillside. Trenches over 3m deep (from the pre-existing ground surface) were then cut and filled with concrete to provide a secure foundation for the new house. Apart from small amounts of abraded shell, which were widely scattered within the soil and had apparently come down by gravity from further up the slope, no finds or features were observed. This was slightly surprising, given the supposed importance of the 'Tain Castle' site at the top of the slope.

Report lodged with Highland SMR and Library Service and NMRS; archive will be deposited with RCAHMS.

Sponsor: Mr and Mrs R Cannon.

John Wood, 2006.

Activities

Excavation (2005)

NH 7810 8215 A programme of archaeological recording and monitoring work was carried out in response to a planning condition at 1 Chapel Street, Tain, in the autumn of 2005 in advance of construction of a new house. The site was cut into the slope of the raised beach, on the top of which is the reputed site of Tain Castle. A great depth of hill-wash material was encountered, which required much deeper foundations than had been originally planned. The whole project was put on hold while a decision was made by the clients and their advisors about how best to proceed. The existing garden retaining wall was considered inadequate and a new retaining wall was constructed to hold back the hillside. Trenches over 3m deep (from the pre-existing ground surface) were then cut and filled with concrete to provide a secure foundation for the new house. Apart from small amounts of abraded shell, which were widely scattered within the soil and had apparently come down by gravity from further up the slope, no finds or features were observed. This was slightly surprising, given the supposed importance of the 'Tain Castle' site at the top of the slope.

Report lodged with Highland SMR and Library Service and NMRS; archive will be deposited with RCAHMS.

Sponsor: Mr and Mrs R Cannon.

J Wood 2005

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