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Three Forts on the Tay

- Excavations at Moncreiffe, Moredun and Abernethy, Perth and Kinross 2014-17
Af: David Strachan, Martin Cook, Dawn McLaren Engelsk Hardback

Three Forts on the Tay

- Excavations at Moncreiffe, Moredun and Abernethy, Perth and Kinross 2014-17
Af: David Strachan, Martin Cook, Dawn McLaren Engelsk Hardback
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Despite a resurgence in Scottish fort studies, few sites have been investigated, and fewer still at the scale reported in this volume. Over 2014-17, Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, working with AOC Archaeology Group, excavated three hilltop forts on the Tay estuary to explore both their enclosing works and internal buildings, and uncovered an impressive assemblage of small finds.


At Moredun fort on Moncreiffe Hill, a previously unknown monumental roundhouse, a rare La Tène bird-head brooch, and evidence of shale bangle industry were uncovered. At Castle Law, Abernethy, excavated in the 1890s and the type-site of Childe’s ‘Abernethy complex’, re-excavation prompted reassessment of the artefacts from original excavations to reveal new evidence of the deposition of artefacts and animal bones within its cistern. Excavation of the enclosing works of these sites, and Moncreiffe fort, suggest an evolution of fort defences from simple earth and stone ramparts to massive timber-laced walls – the murus Gallicus described by Caesar – reflecting high status sites with restricted access for a social elite.


Hillforts of The Tay was part of the Tay Landscape Partnership Scheme, a community heritage initiative and the results of this citizen science project make a significant contribution to establishing Tayside as a well-studied area for the site type both within Scotland, and further afield.

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Despite a resurgence in Scottish fort studies, few sites have been investigated, and fewer still at the scale reported in this volume. Over 2014-17, Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, working with AOC Archaeology Group, excavated three hilltop forts on the Tay estuary to explore both their enclosing works and internal buildings, and uncovered an impressive assemblage of small finds.


At Moredun fort on Moncreiffe Hill, a previously unknown monumental roundhouse, a rare La Tène bird-head brooch, and evidence of shale bangle industry were uncovered. At Castle Law, Abernethy, excavated in the 1890s and the type-site of Childe’s ‘Abernethy complex’, re-excavation prompted reassessment of the artefacts from original excavations to reveal new evidence of the deposition of artefacts and animal bones within its cistern. Excavation of the enclosing works of these sites, and Moncreiffe fort, suggest an evolution of fort defences from simple earth and stone ramparts to massive timber-laced walls – the murus Gallicus described by Caesar – reflecting high status sites with restricted access for a social elite.


Hillforts of The Tay was part of the Tay Landscape Partnership Scheme, a community heritage initiative and the results of this citizen science project make a significant contribution to establishing Tayside as a well-studied area for the site type both within Scotland, and further afield.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9781803276588
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1803276584
Kategori: Central Scotland
Udg. Dato: 21 dec 2023
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 297mm
Højde: 211mm
Forlag: Archaeopress
Oplagsdato: 21 dec 2023
Forfatter(e): David Strachan, Martin Cook, Dawn McLaren
Forfatter(e) David Strachan, Martin Cook, Dawn McLaren

Kategori Central Scotland

ISBN-13 9781803276588

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 336

Udgave

Længde 24mm

Bredde 297mm

Højde 211mm

Udg. Dato 21 dec 2023

Oplagsdato 21 dec 2023

Forlag Archaeopress

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