Dalchork Woodland Development Project Archaeological Evaluation Walkover Survey and Risk Assessment Fig 1: Clearance Cairn Showing Broch Mound in Background Completed by Lewis Prentice on Behalf of Pete Campbell Lewis Prentice - Archaeological Consultant Culnara Bonar Bridge Ardgay IV24 3AP Email:
[email protected] Phone: 01863 766719 Mobile: 07909798246 1 Table of Contents Acknowledgements 2 Executive Summary 3 1.1: Introduction 4 1.2: Site Location, topography and geology 4 2: Desk Based Assessment 7 2.2: Digital Database Archive Sources 7 2.3: National Libraries of Scotland online map resource (NLS) 12 2.4: Archaeological and Historical Background 14 2.5: Archaeological potential 14 3: Walkover Survey 15 3.1: Methodology 15 3.2: Results 15 4: Conclusions and Recommendations 23 Bibliography 25 Appendix 1: Field Records Fig 1: Clearance Cairn Showing Broch Mound in Background Fig 2: Location map Fig 3: Areas targeted for development Fig 4: Shapes 1 & 2 Fig 6: Shapes 3 & 4 Fig 7: Map showing details of enclosure complex (HER) Fig 8: Sites within shape 2 (HER) Fig 9: Bartholemews “Half Inch to the Mile Maps” of Scotland 1899-1905, (1904) Fig 10: OS 1st Edition, Sheet 102, Lairg (1881) Fig 11: OS 2nd Edition 1885 – 1900, Sheet 102 - Lairg (1896) Fig 12: Location of sites identified during the field survey within shapes 1 & 2 Fig 13: Modern Bridge, bank and ditch system. Site 2 007. From S. Fig 14: The low bank, site 2 004, extending NW close to the broch mound. From SW Fig 15: Sites Identified During Field Survey Within Shapes 3 & 4 Fig 16: Site 3 009.