Crone, A. and Cavers, M. Graeme. (2015). Black Loch Of Myrton: An interim report on the excavation of an Iron Age loch village in South-West Scotland. AOC Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1082924. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Black Loch Of Myrton: An interim report on the excavation of an Iron Age loch village in South-West Scotland
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Series:		 AOC Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Excavations at the Black Loch of Myrton in 2013 have demonstrated that the site previously described as a crannog was in fact a settlement of roundhouses built directly on marshy ground around the loch. One of the roundhouses was excavated revealing a massive stone hearth at its centre, stakebuilt walling and a floor structure of radial and tangential timbers. A single radiocarbon date from one of the posts within the house has provided a mid-1st millennium BC date for the structure and there is a tentative dendro date for the 5th century BC. As well as providing evidence about the types of materials used in the construction and use of the house, analyses of the insect remains, the macroplant assemblage and soil thin-sections, together with other structural evidence suggests that there was distinct spatial organisation within the house, defined by varying floor structures and coverings, as well as by moveable screens. Very few artefacts were found but two are significant; a tiny fragment of pottery in an otherwise aceramic region and an iron ploughshare, a very rare survival in Iron Age Scotland.
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Author:		 Anne Crone
M Graeme Cavers ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 AOC Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic Environment Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Dumfries and Galloway Archaeological Service (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Site: Black Loch of Myrton
County: Dumfries
Parish: GLASSERTON
Country: Scotland
Grid Reference: 236100, 542830 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) ARD SHARE (Find)
IRON AGE (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) QUERNS (Find)
IRON AGE (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type Scotland)
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OASIS Id: aocarcha1-245374
OBIB: AOC 60066
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Note:		 Full report on excavation and post-excavation analyses, including specialist reports.
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Created Date:		 22 Oct 2020