Thainstone Business Park, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

Authors: Hilary K Murray and J Charles Murray

Contributors: Torben Bjarke Ballin, Andrew Heald and Fraser Hunter

Summary: Report on the excavation of a roundhouse and related structures at Thainstone Business Park, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire (NGR: NJ 773 181) dated by ¹⁴C to the 1st–2nd century AD. Internal details and building repairs allow some assessment of the structure of the building. The site also provides a well-dated context for a Guido class 13 glass bead, a type more common in isolated finds.

Keywords: Glass, Roundhouse, Hearths, Drainage System, Ploughing

Period: Roman

Location: Aberdeeshire, Scotland, UK