Phase One of the Hidden Lives Project fieldwork involves a systematic walkover survey of the archaeological sites and monuments of the parish. A team of archaeologists and local volunteers will be visiting hundreds of archaeological sites, verifying their location using GPS and carrying out written descriptions and sketch plans. Digital photographs of each site will be taken, and a digital database will be built on PDA computers and uploaded daily to the project database.

This stage of the project, creating an accurate map of the archaeological remains of Assynt in conjunction with detailed description and photography, will provide the foundations for the detailed survey stages of the project and a solid grounding for later programmes of archaeological work.

AOC archaeologists will lead the field programme, training volunteers in techniques of archaeological survey and interpretation.

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