| Title: |
The excavation of a henge, stone circles and metal-working area at Moncrieffe, Perthshire
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 115 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
115
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| Page Start/End: |
125 - 150 |
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| Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Excavation ahead of motorway construction revealed four phases: a Class I henge with nine pits in a circle, Beaker sherds in ditch, cremation outside entrance; a small cairn with peristalith and monolith ring (virtually destroyed); a ring of eight graded monoliths with recumbent stones around a ?ring cairn and cremations; a workshop for iron and leaded bronze. Pottery and stone finds are catalogued. |
| Year of Publication: |
1985
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Ring Cairn (Auto Detected Subject) |
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SHERD
(Object England)
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| Ditch Cremation (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Iron (Auto Detected Subject) |
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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| Beaker Sherds (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Stone (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Metalworking (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Cremations (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
