Proposed House Site, Union Street, Fortrose, Ross-shire Archaeological Evaluation Data Structure Report

An archaeological evaluation carried out ahead of proposals for a new house site in the town centre of Fortrose. Three hand-excavated trenches were excavated over the proposed house site location to assess the baseline archaeological potential. Deep layers of garden soil contained a range of mixed post-medieval material. These layers covered a probable earlier soil layer where several ephemeral archaeological features were present - shallow pits and slots representing possible evidence of late- to post-medieval structures/occupation containing little to no archaeological material.