Excavation of a Galleried Structure at Langwell, Caithness

Alexander O Curle (Author)


Keywords:
Upright Pillars, Saddle Quern, Circular Enclosure, Animal Bones, Charcoal, Rotary Quern, Slag, Artefacts
Period(s):
1832

Abstract


Before excavation the main features of the structure could be made out, consisting of a circular enclosure like a hut circle, with a curved oblong chamber adjoining, within which there protruded, from a mass of huge stones thickly covered with moss and grass, five upright pillars, three along one side, and two on the other, while a sixth lay displaced towards the inner end. Artefacts included a rotary quern, a saddle quern, a fragment of slag, a few animal bones and some charcoal.

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Published
30-11-1912
How to Cite
Curle, A. O. (1912). Excavation of a Galleried Structure at Langwell, Caithness. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 46, 77–89. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.046.77.89
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