Excavation of a cropmark enclosure at Brixwold, Dalhousie Mains, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian.

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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 127

Series:

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Volume:

127 (1)

Page Start/End:

387 - 405

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Abstract:

Excavation recorded a large, sub-rectangular, ditched enclosure, previously identified from aerial photographic evidence as a cropmark. The deep U-shaped ditch contained waterlogged deposits with preserved organic materials. The radiocarbon dates obtained from waterlogged seeds in the ditch indicate two phases of activity, one in the fourth to second centuries BC and one in the first to second centuries AD. Analyses of the macroplant and insect assemblages from these deposits have provided evidence of the environment within, and immediately surrounding, the ditch as well as some slight evidence of human activity. No significant features or artefacts were recorded in the interior, probably as a result of extensive plough damage. A hollow feature with possible floor layers and a hearth was excavated outwith the south-west perimeter of the enclosure and is tentatively identified as a remnant sunken house floor. There are separately authored reports on: `The macroplant assemblage' by T Holden (395--6); `The invertebrate assemblage' by H Kenward, F Large, J Carrott & M Issitt (396--400); `Flint' by Thomas Rees (400); and `Animal bone' by Tanya O'Sullivan (400--1).

Author:

Anne Crone
J O'Sullivan

Other Person/Org:

Isabel H Holroyd (Abstract author)

Year of Publication:

1997

Subjects / Periods:

Hearth (Auto Detected Subject)

Cropmark (Auto Detected Subject)

Radiocarbon Dates (Auto Detected Subject)

Hollow Feature (Auto Detected Subject)

Enclosure (Auto Detected Subject)

Seeds (Auto Detected Subject)

Fourth To Second Centuries Bc (Auto Detected Temporal)

Floor (Auto Detected Subject)

Artefacts (Auto Detected Subject)

Flint (Auto Detected Subject)

Animal Bone (Auto Detected Subject)

DITCH (Monument Type England)

Cropmark Enclosure (Auto Detected Subject)

Second Centuries Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)

Sunken House Floor (Auto Detected Subject)

Subrectangular Ditched Enclosure (Auto Detected Subject)

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Created Date:

20 Jan 2002

Crone, A. and O'Sullivan, J. (1997). Excavation of a cropmark enclosure at Brixwold, Dalhousie Mains, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian.. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 127. Vol 127(1), pp. 387-405.

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