The excavation of a henge, stone circles and metal-working area at Moncrieffe, Perthshire

Margaret E C Stewart (Author)

Joanna Close-Brooks (Contributor)

H McKerrell (Contributor)

Lisbeth M Thoms (Contributor)


Keyword(s):
henge monument, beaker sherds, cremation, cairn, burial pit, metallurgical workshop
Location(s):
Moncrieffe; Perthshire; Scotland; UK
Period(s):
prehistoric, Bronze Age, medieval

Abstract


The site was excavated in advance of roadworks on the M90 motorway. Four phases of activity were recognized.
Phase 1 A class 1 henge monument with a concentric ring of nine pits within. Beaker sherds were recovered from the ditch. A cremation lay outside the entrance. 
Phase 2 A small burial cairn with contiguous peristalith of stones surrounded by a ring of free standing monoliths. The monument of this phase was almost completely destroyed. 
Phase 3 A ring of eight free standing monoliths, graded in height from SW to NE; recumbent stones lay between the three tallest monoliths on the south-west arc. At the centre a possible ring cairn was accompanied by cremated burials in pits.
Phase 4 The centre of the monument was used as a metallurgical workshop for smelting iron and casting leaded bronze.

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Published
30-11-1987
How to Cite
Stewart, M., Close-Brooks, J., McKerrell, H., & Thoms, L. M. (1987). The excavation of a henge, stone circles and metal-working area at Moncrieffe, Perthshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 115, 125-150. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.115.125.150
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