Condition

2
SALT WORKS
Post-Medieval
Highland

Description

A concentration of burnt stone and ash filling a circa 1m wide shallow cut feature associated with spreads of coal dust is exposed at the top of the sandy section. The feature is located circa 10m west of a salt pan house excavated in 2009-2010 (Trench 4). The feature is certainly related to the 1767-1777 phase of salt pans developed by John Williams for the Sutherland Estate at Brora. It may represent a further building or unidentified feature associated with the industrial complex.

Location

290320.00
903257.00
27700
58.0049286
-3.8575716

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Location of new feature in coast edge, looking NE 02/03/2016 Location of new feature in coast edge, looking NE training1
Location of new feature in coast edge, looking NE
Feature in relation to previously excavated pan house, looking N 02/03/2016 Feature in relation to previously excavated pan house, looking N training1
Feature in relation to previously excavated pan house, looking N
Location of feature in the section, looking N 02/03/2016 Location of feature in the section, looking N training1
Location of feature in the section, looking N
Close-up of feature with fire-cracked stone and ash, looking N 02/03/2016 Close-up of feature with fire-cracked stone and ash, looking N training1
Close-up of feature with fire-cracked stone and ash, looking N

Submitted updates

Update id Date User
2501 02/03/2016 training1
Tidal state Mid
Site located? Yes
Proximity to coast edge Coast edge
Coastally eroding? active sea erosion
Visibility above ground Not visible
Visibility in section Limited visibility in section
Access accessible on foot (no footpath)
Local knowledge is well known; has local associations/history
Work with Clyne Heriatge Society and local volunteers to record the feature in relation to surrounding known evidence of the 18th century salt pans. Evaluate through trial trenching to establish extent of the deposits and identify further evidence relating to the salt pans.

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