Observation

Date 1987

Event ID 624091

Category Recording

Type Observation

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Smith notes Dalvorar under two site-numbers; the E end of the township (NO 047 892) is his site 12, and the W end of the township (NO 039 894) is his site 13.

Site 12:

Longhouse with rounded corners, 12m by 6m, on the hill slope above Dee floodplain beyond head-dyke. Longhouse, 7m by 5m, with possible collapsed kiln at west end, set into slope. Also on hillside, a 12m by 5m longhouse with rounded corners. At the back of heather-dominated terrace, a longhouse 12m by 5m and another 7m by 4m, with enclosure 22m by 8m with single entrance and stone clearance heaps. A longhouse, 20m by 6m, partitioned into three is tacked on to the enclosure wall. A longhouse, 12m by 5m, is associated with a curvilinear plot and stone clearance heaps. A longhouse, 12m by 5m, with stone platform and stone cell at end, also tacked on to enclosure. Another longhouse, 12m by 5m. Formerly cultivated 'greens' with stone clearance heaps.

Site 13:

Stone-walled enclosure to south tacked on to longhouse, 8m by 5m, with associated foundations 4m by 2m. Longhouse, 16m by 5m, to east with two entrances directly opposite each other. There are clear signs of stone clearance activity within the enclosure, together with a stone cairn some 6m in diameter with slight collapse in centre, possibly a kiln. On the nearby terrace bluff, a kiln 2m in diameter inset and a longhouse 10m by 5m. Longhouse, 12m by 7m, with possible curved wall foundation underlying it at east end. The main building stands to seven courses at the western end.

A longhouse, 8m by 4m, underlying mortar-built or strengthened building, 18m by 7m. Near the floodplain margin, a stone enclosure 22m by 12m, with an indeterminate rectangular foundation outside. On the hillside above, set normal to the slope, two longhouses, 12m by 5m, both beyond the head-dyke which runs along the inner edge of the floodplain.

J S Smith 1987