Melanie Johnson

Articles by this author

D. Gordon with Melanie Johnson, Louise Turner and Mhairi Hastie

Excavation of an Iron Age Round House and Associated Palisaded Enclosure at Whitecrook Quarry, Glenluce

Archaeology (General), Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age

TDGNHAS Series III, 83 (2009), 23(WARNING large file size: 5.11 MB)

Abstract

The remains of an unenclosed prehistoric settlement were identified during a series of
archaeological works that took place in advance of sand extraction in 2006. Rathmell
Archaeology Ltd carried out the ensuing excavations on behalf of Barr Ltd. Two ring
groove houses were identified, along with a palisaded enclosure dating from the Late
Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age, and a series of unassociated negative features. While
radiocarbon dates showed evidence of further activity from the Neolithic to the Early
Bronze Age, no other coherent structures were identified.