Gorse Clearing at Archaeological Sites
Added on 14 March 2024
NOSAS, along with the help of other organisations, has recently been clearing vegetation from two scheduled sites in the area - Carn Glas Chambered Cairns at Essich, near Inverness, and Teanagairn Henge at Culbokie. Read Jonathan's blog, BBC News and the Current Archaeology article.
In Nov 22 NOSAS returned to the distillery and settlement site at Mulchaich, Easter Ross, to remove gorse which was obscuring much of the archaeology. Subsequently, magnetometry and metal detecting surveys have been carried out. It is thought that Ferintosh whisky may have been produced at Mulchaich in the late 1700s, Read more.