Excavations at Castlehill of Strachan, 1980-1

Authors

  • Peter A Yeoman
  • W E Boyd Contributor
  • H B Duncan Contributor
  • A M D Gemmell Contributor
  • G W I Hodgson Contributor
  • P D Hulme Contributor
  • Hilary Murray Contributor
  • J C Murray Contributor
  • Jennifer Shirriffs Contributor
  • Grant G Simpson Contributor
  • Catherine Smith Contributor
  • R M Spearman Contributor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.114.315.364

Keywords:

Metalwork Animal Bones Pottery Palaeobotany, Ditch, Timber Hall, Air Photography Coins Pottery, Causeway

Abstract

A typical northern motte had a timber hall on the summit, two phases of palisade, surrounding ditch and approach causeway. The 13th century landscape was reconstructed using geomorphology and air photography. Coins, pottery of c 1250 to early 14th. Three furnaces/ovens were set on reused millstones. Metalwork, animal bones, pottery, palaeobotany.

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Published

30-11-1985

Issue

Vol. 114 (1985)

Section

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How to Cite

Excavations at Castlehill of Strachan, 1980-1. (1985). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 114, 315-364. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.114.315.364

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