EHG5871 - Evaluation - new house extension, Chapelfield, Corslet, Rosemarkie

An archaeological evaluation was carried out by AOC Archaeology Group in 2021 at Chapelfield, Corslet, Rosemarkie, ahead of a proposed porch extension to the existing house building. The fieldwork comprised machine excavation of the footprint for the new porch in September 2021, followed by a programme of post-excavation analysis in 2022. The site was located in an area known as ‘monk’s burial ground’, thought denote the general location of an early medieval/medieval chapel at Kincurdy. Human remains had reportedly been uncovered by previous owners during construction of the house in the 1980s. The evaluation uncovered an inhumation grave cut, set on a N-S alignment, containing the degraded articulated remains of a single inhumation burial with no grave goods or associated artefacts. Osteological analysis identified the remains as belonging to a young adult, possible female, between 19-21 years old at the time of death. Radiocarbon dating of a tooth provided a date range of 773-992 cal AD (95% probability). Isotope values from the tooth provided evidence for a diet relatively high in marine protein and originating from a coastal environment. <1>