Inverness, 26 - 30 High Street
Midden (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inverness, 26 - 30 High Street
Classification Midden (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 87570
Site Number NH64NE 170
NGR NH 6673 4524
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64NE 170 6673 4524.
A watching brief was carried out when foundation pits were dug for a new building. A buried soil was noted possibly contemporary with the Mesolithic horizon from the Castle Street excavations in 1979 (NH64NE 104); 1.5m of medieval deposits were also recorded. These were backland midden-type deposits suggesting the present High Street frontage was not established until the end of the 15th century or later.
Sponsor: R H Edmondson Ltd.
Wordsworth 1994f.