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Excavation
Date 1959
Event ID 1124796
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1124796
NO/151643. Excavations financed by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology. Edinburgh University were resumed on the hut circle (D. & E., 1958, 29). The SW. quadrant was examined in four 14 ft. squares; about 1 ft. below the present surface and inside the circle there, was found a greyish loam deposit containing carbon flecks. No hearth was discovered and only one post-hole appeared in the interior; it seems likely that the circle was not completely roofed.
The wall was mainly composed of a single line of large boulders packed with smaller stones and earth. The bulk of the wall material had fallen outwards and overlay most of the pottery finds.
The pottery adds one or two new types to the mass of material obtained last year.
Soil and pollen analyses are being undertaken by the Macaulay Institute.
MEC Stewart and JM Coles (DES 1959, 27)
