A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides
The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied fr...
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| description | The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Norse period. Mound 1 was the original location for settlement in this part of the machair plain; pre-Viking activity of some complexity is present and it is likely that the settlement activity started in the Middle Iron Age, if not earlier. The examination of the mound 1 deposits provides an important contribution to our understanding of the Iron Age sequence in the Atlantic province. The principal contribution comprises the large quantities of mammal, fish and bird bones, carbonised plant remains and pottery, which can be accurately dated to a fairly precise and narrow period in the 1st millennium AD. These are augmented by a substantial collection of small finds which included distinctive bone artefacts. The contextual significance of the site is based on the survival of floor deposits and a burnt-down roof; the floor deposits can be compared with abandonment and adjacent midden deposits providing contrasting contextual environments that help to clarify depositional processes. The burning down of the house and the excellent preservation of the deposits within it provide an unparalleled opportunity to examine the timber superstructure of the building and the layout of the material used by the inhabitants. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-795092025-07-31T09:09:24Z A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides Sharples, Niall Social Science Archaeology History Europe Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Norse period. Mound 1 was the original location for settlement in this part of the machair plain; pre-Viking activity of some complexity is present and it is likely that the settlement activity started in the Middle Iron Age, if not earlier. The examination of the mound 1 deposits provides an important contribution to our understanding of the Iron Age sequence in the Atlantic province. The principal contribution comprises the large quantities of mammal, fish and bird bones, carbonised plant remains and pottery, which can be accurately dated to a fairly precise and narrow period in the 1st millennium AD. These are augmented by a substantial collection of small finds which included distinctive bone artefacts. The contextual significance of the site is based on the survival of floor deposits and a burnt-down roof; the floor deposits can be compared with abandonment and adjacent midden deposits providing contrasting contextual environments that help to clarify depositional processes. The burning down of the house and the excellent preservation of the deposits within it provide an unparalleled opportunity to examine the timber superstructure of the building and the layout of the material used by the inhabitants. 2022-03-19T04:02:37Z 2022-03-19T04:02:37Z 2022-03-18T05:33:26Z 2012 book OCN: 847620410 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53456 9781789258882 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/79509 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/53456/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/53456/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/53456/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/53456/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/53456/1/external_content.pdf Oxbow Books Oxbow Books 53fda2f2-3fe6-4765-8758-df63da48bd65 Knowledge Unlatched 9781789258882 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Oxbow Books open access |
| spellingShingle | Social Science Archaeology History Europe Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides |
| title | A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides |
| title_full | A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides |
| title_fullStr | A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides |
| title_short | A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides |
| title_sort | late iron age farmstead in the outer hebrides |
| topic | Social Science Archaeology History Europe Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history |
| topic_facet | Social Science Archaeology History Europe Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history |
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