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Stage 1 Interim Report. Keir Wood Fort, Kincardine, Fife. Archaeological Evaluation |
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CFA Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A programme of evaluation trial trenching was undertaken at Keir fort. The three trenches excavated gave considerable information on the construction of the fort defences, which consisted of a series of ramparts, ditches, and artificially created escarpments. A single sherd of pottery recovered during the evaluation proved to be medieval in date, but this came from high up within the deposits and is considered to be unsecure in relation to dating the fort. Several soil samples were taken, a number of which contain pieces of charcoal, which may allow the date of the fort to be established. |
Author: |
Magnus Kirby
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Publisher: |
CFA Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Fife Archaeological Unit (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
Keir Wood Fort |
Parish: |
CULROSS |
County: |
Fife |
Country: |
Scotland |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Keir |
Grid Reference: 294640, 688220 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Earthwork
(Monus)
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MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
cfaarcha1-139888 |
OBIB: |
Report no. 2159 |
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |