SHG49 - A hut-circle settlement at Kilphedir, Sutherland (Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol. 103 pp.65-99 1970-71)
| Type | Text/Publication/Article |
|---|---|
| Title | A hut-circle settlement at Kilphedir, Sutherland (Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol. 103 pp.65-99 1970-71) |
| Author/Originator | Fairhurst, H. and Taylor, D. B. |
| Date/Year | 1974 |
| Source ID | 48 |
Abstract/Summary
These investigations at Kilphedir in the Strath of Kildonan are concerned with the site of five circular houses and the small area of cultivated land around, which was first occupied in the period about the fifth century BC. Some three centuries later, a single house of a rather different type was constructed on the same site and a second phase of cultivation may have occurred. Peat then blanketed the area of the settlement which subsequently remained undisturbed down to the present time. The excavations, on what is in fact a very exposed hillside, were undertaken in an adult field-school under the auspices of the Sutherland Education Committee. The circumstances were unusual and are discussed at the end of the paper. Our volunteer helpers in the school numbered between twelve and thirty, and we worked during four seasons of a fortnight each, in 1963-5 and again in 1968. The writers present the results jointly on behalf of the field-school and of the Sutherland Education Committee.
External Links (1)
- https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.103.65.99 (View published article online)
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Referenced Monuments (10)
- Allt Bad Raifin (Monument) (MHG9904)
- Clais Rath Fhinn (Monument) (MHG9531)
- Creag Nan Caorach (Monument) (MHG9416)
- Creag Nan Caorach (Monument) (MHG38979)
- Field system and clearance cairns - Strathy (Monument) (MHG40394)
- Hut circle - Strathy (Monument) (MHG9525)
- Hut circle - Syre (Monument) (MHG12480)
- Hut circles - Kilphedir (Monument) (MHG9858)
- Kilphedir (Monument) (MHG41921)
- Prehistoric Settlement, Kinbrace Hill (Monument) (MHG10271)
Referenced Events (1)
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