| Title: |
An Early Christian cemetery and chapel on Ardwall Isle, Kirkcudbright
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| Issue: |
Medieval Archaeology 11 |
| Series: |
Medieval Archaeology
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| Volume: |
11
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| Page Start/End: |
127 - 188 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Five superimposed phases (excluding modern and possibly prehistoric occupation) were revealed on an uninhabited tidal islet off the SW Scottish coast. Phases V and IV (post-medieval tavern and medieval hall-house) are reported elsewhere; phases III, II and I are Early Christian. In Phase I, (?later 5th cent) extended Christian inhumations were associated with traces of a "slab shrine". Phase II was marked by the construction of a small timber oratory or chapel, and a "corner-post" shrine with further burials aligned on it. In Phase III (?early 8th cent) a larger stone-walled chapel replaced the timber structure and further inhumations were made. In ?10th-11th cents, burials were inserted in the floor of the chapel. A low bank encloses an oval area around the site showing traces of ruined circular foundations. An extensive series of grave-markers and other worked/inscribed stones and a few small finds belong to Phases II and III. There was probably an early and influential Irish settlement in Early Christian Galloway, a settlement whose nature and extent has not hitherto been realised. Au(adp) |
| Year of Publication: |
1967
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CEMETERY
(Monument Type England)
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| Gravemarkers (Auto Detected Subject) |
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CHAPEL
(Monument Type England)
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| Timber Structure (Auto Detected Subject) |
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SETTLEMENT
(Monument Type England)
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| Hallhouse (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Slab Shrine (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Timber (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
