TY - JOUR AU - Richard Strachan AU - Ian Ralston AU - Bill Finlayson AU - C M Clarke AU - T G Cowie AU - B A Crone AU - I Cullen AU - F Hunter AU - A Sheridan AU - C R Wickham-Jones PY - 1999/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Neolithic and later prehistoric structures, and early medieval metal-working, at Blairhall Burn, Amisfield, Dumfriesshire JF - Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland JA - PSAS VL - 128 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.9750/PSAS.128.55.94 UR - http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/10002 AB - Discusses excavations which revealed evidence for multiple phases of activity including two burnt mounds, two round-houses, part of a probable ring-groove structure which may be a platform house and a metal-working area, with the main foci on the Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and early medieval periods. There are specialist contributions on: ceramics from all periods in the `Pottery report' by Trevor Cowie (70--5); `Coarse stone artefacts' by Caroline R Wickham-Jones (75--7); `Chipped stone' by Bill Finlayson (77--8); `Stone axehead flake' by Alison Sheridan (78--9); `Cannel coal 'napkin ring'' by Fraser Hunter (79--82); `Burnt and industrial debris' by Irene Cullen (82--3); and `Palynological analysis of burnt mound material' by Ciara Clarke (84--6). ER -