Site Event/Activity record EWE66 - Archaeological Walkover Survey, AIRD, Benbecula

SSE Power Distribution commissioned SUAT Ltd to undertake an archaeological walkover survey on the route of electrical power lines from Aird, Benbecula, to Flodda, Benbecula, and Grimsay, North Uist. The lines were to be refurbished, necessitating heavy vehicular access & limited excavation, running from NGR NF 77 55 to NF 82 60. The work was undertaken during the period 6th-8th December 2005 in good weather conditions. The requirmenet was to visit known archaeological sites along the route to ensure adequate mitigation measures were taken to prevent damage, and also to identify previously unknown sites or features. Special attention was to be paid to areas in which excavation was planned. A total of 30 sites was visited and details recorded. One previously unrecorded site, at Uachdar, and four previously unrecorded features of known sites were encountered.