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Upper Gothens
Date September 2000
Event ID 997461
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/997461
NO 1677 4152 A cropmark enclosure (NMRS NO 14 SE 43) was partly excavated. A scatter of flints reported from the field suggested that the site might be of Neolithic date.
In the event it was found to be an enclosure, defined by a ditch and internal palisade, with radiocarbon dating suggesting use around AD 885-1024 and to AD 1040-1259. A complex of palisade slots within the enclosure defined an inner area. An iron buckle and metalworking slag were recovered. It is suggested that the enclosure may have been the seat of an early medieval lordship.
Sponsor: Arts & Humanities Research Board.
G J Barclay 2001
