Excavation

Date 18 June 2016 - 10 November 2016

Event ID 1025295

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1025295

NO 01128 14149 (Canmore ID: 26699) The excavations at Cranberry (CB16), Millhaugh, undertaken 18 June – 10 November 2016, revealed evidence for settlement from the Early Neolithic, Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age. The recognised prehistoric structures, and features include

putative Late Neolithic and Iron Age dwellings, sub-circular palisade enclosures, post alignment, post-defined palisades, slot-defined palisades, fire pits, midden pits and numerous other postholes and pits. The preliminary phasing of the site has been based on the typology of material culture recovered. The prehistoric pottery assemblage amounts to more than 650 sherds from across those archaeological periods, although the majority are Early Neolithic. A double cist indicates Bronze Age funerary practice at the site. There was also a pit cut through the internal paving of the Iron Age roundhouse into which was deposited cremated bones. This may mark the dwelling being taken out of use. A gradiometry survey was also carried out just to the north of the excavation area, revealing several possible archaeological features.

Archive: HES (intended). Report: HES and SERF website

Funder: HES

Website: www.glasgow.ac.uk/serf

Dene Wright – University of Glasgow

(Source: DES, Volume 17)