Excavation

Date May 1987 - July 1987

Event ID 1002555

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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Continued excavation of this coastally eroded mound took place between May and July 1987.

In the S part of the site work was concerned with the investigation of the earliest Neolithic tip deposits where particular emphasis was placed on botanical sampling and on the conservation of the well-stratified Grooved Ware pottery. The pottery also provided the basis for a thermoluminescence dating programme undertaken in conjunction with SURRC.

In the northern part of the site excavation revealed part of a cellular late Iron Age structure revetted into the earlier Neolithic tip deposits. The interior was of approximately 6m in diameter and contained a number of stone arrangements and fittings. The structure appears to have become redundant by the time of the Pictish/Norse interface period. Subsequent building on the site was represented by a rectangular post-supported Norse form which may have acted as a barn.

J R Hunter 1987.