Excavation

Date June 1967

Event ID 1111132

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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Wallstale, Polmale Dun.

Following a preliminary investigation in 1965 (DES, 1965, pp. 38-39), a second season of excavation was carried out on the site in June 1967. The entrance passage is paved for the inner two thirds of its length of 15' 6" and is 3' wide at the outer end and 4' 8" at the inner. Features of the passage are: a step, a pair of door checks in the side walls and a blocking stone, designed to narrow the passage, placed on its S side between the step and the inner end. A second step, some 18" beyond the passage within the dun, leads to a slab paved area. The wall on either side of the passage is c. 14' 8" in width as compared to 11' elsewhere. No evidence of occupation or dating was recovered.

James K Thompson

(DES 1967, 51)