The excavation of a square-ditched barrow and other cropmarks at Boysack Mills, Inverkeilor, Angus

Diana Murray (Author)

Ian Ralston (Author)

P J Ashmore (Contributor)

M Harman (Contributor)

I A G Shepherd (Contributor)

L Thoms (Contributor)


Keywords:
Cropmarks, Burial, Barrow, Beaker, Beaker Burial, Ringditch House, Circular Enclosure
Period(s):
Second Century Ad

Abstract


This report describes the excavation in 1977 of a square-ditched barrow probably dating from the first or second century AD, together with the damaged remains of a second square-ditched barrow, a crescentic feature (possibly the very damaged remains of a ring-ditch or ring-ditch house), and a circular enclosure, possibly of Neo date and measuring 18cm in diameter. A burial accompanied by a Beaker was recovered from the quarry shortly after the main excavation. There is a note on the `Radiocarbon dates' by Patrick J Ashmore (376 & 377) and an `Appendix 1: the Beaker burial' by Lisbeth M Thoms (381--3) which includes notes on `The Beaker' by Ian A G Shepherd (382--3) and `The skeletal remains' by Mary Harman (383).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.127.359.386

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Published
30-11-1998
How to Cite
Murray, D., Ralston, I., Ashmore, P. J., Harman, M., Shepherd, I. A. G., & Thoms, L. (1998). The excavation of a square-ditched barrow and other cropmarks at Boysack Mills, Inverkeilor, Angus. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 127, 359–386. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.127.359.386
Issue
Vol. 127 (1998)
Section
Articles
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.127.359.386

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