New dates for enclosed sites in north-east Scotland

results of excavations by the Northern Picts project

Gordon Noble (Author)

James O'Driscoll (Author)

Cathy MacIver (Author)

Edouard Masson-MacLean (Author)

Oskar Sveinbjarnarson (Author)


Keywords:
Enclosed sites, Northern Picts project, Fort, Ramparts, Wall, Ditch
Location(s):
Aberdeenshire, North-east Scotland, UK
Period(s):
Early medieval, Iron Age

Abstract


This article presents the results of a programme of investigation into the enclosed settlements/forts and promontory forts of north-east Scotland, undertaken as part of the Northern Picts project. Reconnaissance excavations are reported on for nine sites: Crathie Point and Durn Hill, northern Aberdeenshire (Banffshire); Barmkyn of North Keig, Hill of Keir, Hill of Christ’s Kirk and Cnoc Cailliche (Wheedlemont), central Aberdeenshire; and Doune of Relugas, Knock of Alves and Wester Tulloch, Moray. Targeted excavation was undertaken at all examples and in the majority of cases produced a basic chronology for key phases of occupation/enclosure at the sites in question. Thirty-two new radiocarbon dates are presented, with a number of sites producing Iron Age dates, but a smaller number also revealing early medieval phases of occupation and use.

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Published
30-11-2020
How to Cite
Noble, G., O'Driscoll, J., MacIver, C., Masson-MacLean, E., & Sveinbjarnarson, O. (2020). New dates for enclosed sites in north-east Scotland: results of excavations by the Northern Picts project. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 149, 165–196. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.149.1290
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