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Whithorn, Glebe Field
Burial(S) (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned), Timber Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whithorn, Glebe Field
Classification Burial(S) (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned), Timber Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bruce Street
Canmore ID 74519
Site Number NX44SW 54
NGR NX 443 402
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74519
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Whithorn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
Excavation (1984)
NX 444 402 Excavations to assess the archaeological potential of the field immediately to the S of the Priory Museum revealed deep stratified deposits representing an accumulation from an Early Christian Period to the present. Four trenches (each 5m by 5m) were opened. Features revealed include slots and postholes pertaining to a multiphase timber roundhouse; paving and slots associated with B ware; a drain, graves, pits and postholes associated with E ware and Germanic glass; a vallum abutted by a midden associated with Anglian artifacts including Northumbrian coins of the 8th and 9th centuries; a waterlogged stake-walled building (possibly pre-12th century); graves, a pesthole, paving and burnt soil associated with an Anglo-Norse belt buckle of the 10th or 11th century, graves associated with Early Medieval pottery and drains, structural remains and cultivation furrows associated with Post-Medieval and recent artifacts. A full interim report has been prepared.
P Hill 1984
Sponsor: SDD(AM) - CEU
