MacLaren, A. (1966). Recent excavations in Peeblesshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 99. Vol 99, pp. 93-103.

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Title:		 Recent excavations in Peeblesshire
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Issue:		 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 99
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Volume:		 99
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Page Start/End:		 93 - 103
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Abstract:		 NR 085234; 098396. At Weird Law a low bank surrounded a circular level space (34ft diameter) with a central low turf-covered mound (14ft diameter). Excavation revealed the sequence: ring of stones enclosing two central pits, which were then refilled and a cremation pyre was built and fired; four pits, dug through the ashes to receive the bones of two bodies, were then refilled and sealed with stones. Previously thought to be hut circles, such sites are largely confined to the Highland Zone but can be compared with, eg, henges. A 14C date of 1490 + 90 BC agrees well enough with that from the comparable site at Whitestanes Moor. Broughton Knowe, a low turf-covered mound, had been plundered; a small quantity of cremated bone and charcoal, flint scrapers and sherds indicated the original burial, laid on the old ground surface. The surrounding ditch, refilled soon after being dug, contained packing stones disposed as if to support a tent-like covering for the central area. An EIA date is not excluded but the Bronze Age seems more likely.
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Author:		 Alastair MacLaren
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Year of Publication:		 1966
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
Ring Of Stones Enclosing (Auto Detected Subject)
PIT (Monument Type England)
Bank (Auto Detected Subject)
Fired Four Pits (Auto Detected Subject)
Sherds (Auto Detected Subject)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
Mound (Auto Detected Subject)
1490 90 Bc (Auto Detected Temporal)
Cremation Pyre (Auto Detected Subject)
Charcoal Flint Scrapers (Auto Detected Subject)
Cremated Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 05 Dec 2008