Tiree Water Mains
Watching brief
Lynn Fraser and Steven Birch – Ross and Cromarty Archaeological
Services and West Coast Archaeological Services
NM 019 459 (centred on) A watching brief was carried out,
November 2012 – 2 February 2013, during the rehabilitation
of the water main (schemes 1, 2 and 4) on the Isle of Tiree. A
total of 132 individual features were recorded, most of which
were in the environs of the pipeline trench. They included
post-medieval structures, quarry pits, middens, a relict track,
standing stones and WW2 structural remains. A few artefacts
were recovered from the pipeline trench. They included post-
medieval pottery, glass and metalwork, together with a stone
tool and a pottery sherd, which could date from the prehistoric
period.
Archive: RoCAS Report: OASIS and WoSAS
Funder: Scottish Water
Tiree Water Mains
Watching brief
Lynn Fraser – Ross and Cromarty Archaeological Services
NL 97043 40673 (centred on) A watching brief was carried
out, 9–13 September 2013, during the excavation of a trench
associated the water mains rehabilitation extension scheme
on the Isle of Tiree. No finds or features of archaeological
significance were recorded in the trench. However, 51 individual
features were recorded in the wider landscape. They included
post-medieval and possibly earlier structures, dykes, platforms
and clearance cairns. A single stone tool, which could be
prehistoric in date, was found close to some boundary dykes.
Archive: RoCAS. Report: OASIS and WoSAS
Funder: Scottish Water
(Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (2013), pp. 57–8)