2011-2015 Survey and Test Pits

Between 2011 and 2015, the Rosemarkie Caves Project undertook a the programme of fieldwork aimed at establishing a baseline record of the caves and assessing the archaeological potential of surviving deposits in the caves. This work was supported by a programme of radiocarbon dating. The end result of this phase of work was to inform the need for future excavation.

The results of the test pitting provided consistent evidence for occupation during the 7^th-9^th centuries AD, with evidence for 2^nd-4^th century occupation in one cave and evidence for 11^th-12^th century occupation in another cave. Much later occupation during the late 19^th-20^th century occupation was shown in several of the caves.

The fieldwork report can be downloaded here.

See a blog post on the Rosemarkie Caves Project here.