Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran
Posted on 07/24/2020 11:09:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The dig revealed a central hearth area of stone and clay with remnants of hazel charcoal.
The charcoal was submitted to the laboratory at the Scottish University Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) for a radiocarbon date, which revealed that the round house was occupied around 1400 -1300 BC.
NTS commissions radiocarbon dating on a number of select items each year to aid in the charity's work to protect Scotland's heritage.
With no chronologically diagnostic artefacts on the site, the dating process was the only way to place the round house in to the timeline of Arran's past.The site of the roundhouse was originally discovered in 2001 by members of the Arran Mountain Rescue Team.
It was exposed by the huge wild fire which burnt off the tall heather to reveal a raised circle with two prominent 'doorway' stones.
Excavation revealed that the stone walls were around 1.4metres wide.
Kate Sampson, Head Ranger for Brodick Castle Country Park and Goatfell, said: "We've been discussing an archaeological investigation of the site for a long time and it's so exciting that we've finally managed to get a radiocarbon date for it."
Stone and earth roundhouses, or hut circles, generally survive in less developed upland areas with a number of such sites in the care of NTS.
(Excerpt) Read more at scotsman.com ...
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