'Bronze Age' cremation urn at Fortrose housing site [Scotland]

BBC ^ | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

An ancient cremation urn has been found by archaeologists surveying a site earmarked for a housing project.

The team from Headland Archaeology believe the object uncovered at Fortrose dates from the Bronze Age.

Developer Tulloch Homes, which has planning consent to build 156 properties on the land, commissioned the survey.

Further excavations will be done under the supervision of Highland Council's archaeology officer.

A spokesman for Tulloch Homes said: "It is the most significant find in their initial dig and the urn has been removed from the site for more detailed examination.

"Further archaeological excavation at the Fortrose site will be undertaken at a later stage under the supervision of Highland Council's archaeology officer.

"However, the land earmarked for the first two phases of our housing development has been investigated by the dig team and has been designated clear.

"Thus, the start of work on the development will not be delayed. These first phases contain the affordable housing element of the project, 16 houses and 16 flats, for which there is great local demand."

[SunkenCiv]

The find was made on land next to the village of Fortrose

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[Ciexyz]

Lovely little town.

[SunkenCiv]

It’s startling how old some of the ordinary structures are in Europe, in particular compared to here.

[Tainan]

Yeah. Its really old there...;)



On a less wise-ass note, I used to live part of the year in a small village, puebla blanca, in SE Spain. Built on a small rock mountain about 1/4 mile from the Med. White houses tumbling down from the old central square which had an old castle on one side. It was really a run-down affair.
But a neat thing I noted was the stone entrance ways to the old houses. Stoops is what they were - step on the stone to open the door and go in the house kind of thing.
I began to notice that many of them were really worn down. And these were solid stone...carved rock. It was upon noting and thinking about that stone being worn down by human foot traffic that I really began to appreciate how old those houses are.
Many had the same families, different generations of course, living in them for 250-300 years. Pretty cool I thought.

Of course they upgraded the amenities during the years...electricity and indoor toilets and plumbing. A lot of them still kept goats in the basement or ground floor...but hey...they liked it.

[colorado tanker]

I think many Europeans are amused by what we consider to be “historic” districts here.

[SunkenCiv]

:’)