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Islands of Stone
Date 1 April 2020 - 30 September 2023
Event ID 1126621
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1126621
The ‘Islands of Stone: Neolithic Crannogs in the Outer Hebrides’ project aims to further investigate the character, extent and potential early prehistoric dates for artificial islets – or crannogs – in the Outer Hebrides. Crannogs are commonly thought to date from the Early Iron Age onwards. However, discoveries made since 2012 have provided compelling evidence that some are much earlier in date and belong to the first farming communities of the Neolithic period. These new discoveries have revealed amazingly well-preserved ceramic pots and waterlogged worked timbers and present a different story about life on these islands.
The project will run for three and a half years from April 2020, building on a pilot survey and excavation work undertaken in 2016 and 2017. It will combine desk-based research with fieldwork and excavation on land as well as underwater. The fieldwork and excavation planned for July 2020 did not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions placed on travel, however both went ahead as scheduled in July 2021.
The project is funded by a research grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and is led by Fraser Sturt (University of Southampton), Duncan Garrow (University of Reading) and Angela Gannon (Historic Environment Scotland). Stephanie Blankshein (Southampton University) supports the project as the Post-Doctoral Research Associate.
