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Archaeology of Landscape Change in South-West Scotland, 6000 BC - AD 1400: Excavations at William Grant and Sons Distillery, Girvan
Banks, Iain; Paul R J Duffy and Gavin MacGregor
with contributions from Ewan Campbell, John Duncan, Jennifer Miller, Susan Ramsay, Catherine Smith and Eland Stewart and illustrations by John Arthur, Caitlin Evans and Charlotte Francoz
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 32 (2009)
0903903981
Abstract: Between 1996 and 1998, Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) undertook a programme of archaeological investigation at the headquarters of William Grant and Sons Distillers Ltd, Girvan. The work revealed evidence of occupation and use from prehistoric times, including palaeobotanical and pedological evidence of deliberate prehistoric tree clearance, and the presence of six discrete deposits of burnt mound material. The project also confirmed the survival of archaeological deposits relating to the occupation of the medieval moated enclosure of Ladywell. A number of worked lithics, indicative of prehistoric tool making or maintenance, were also recovered.
The excavation and post-excavation work allowed an opportunity to explore the occupational, ecological and geomorphological history of the entire length of the valley, from the immediate post-glacial period to the present day. The results contribute significantly to our understanding of the changing patterns of human interaction with environment and landscape over a period of some 10,000 years, both in the immediate area and beyond.
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