2007 excavation: Building with floorThe Saltman's House | The Pan House? | The Girnel? | Building with floor In 2003, just to the north east of Building 2, a newly eroding flagstone floor was noted by Clyne Heritage Society, associated with a wall running back into the face of the dune (Building 1). Some of the flagstones had already fallen onto the beach below, one of which was retrieved for display in Brora Heritage Centre. A year later, the exposed floor had been almost completely obscured by sand, grass and stones which had tumbled down the dune from above. In 2005, in conjunction with archaeologists from CFA Archaeology, the section was cleaned up, revealing a dark deposit on top of the flagstones. Augering suggested that the wall extended back from the present edge of the dune for approximately 3m so, in 2007, a trench was excavated into the dune from the landward side. In the event, the return of the wall was found immediately behind the edge of the dune. To avoid further unnecessary destabilization of the dune, the wall was recorded photographically and the trench backfilled. Erosion over the winter of 2007/8 has caused further instability to the floor at the front of the dune and it is hoped to continue the investigation of this site in 2008. This is now the least understood building on the Back Beach, one for which only a tentative date can be put forward.
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