Whithorn, Bruce Street, Whithorn Priory
Roundhouse (21st Century), Roundhouse(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Whithorn, Bruce Street, Whithorn Priory
Classification Roundhouse (21st Century), Roundhouse(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 69625
Site Number NX44SW 34
NGR NX 4446 4023
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/69625
- 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
