Three cists and a possible Roman road at Barbush quarry, Dunblane
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Holden, T
Sheridan, J A
Date published
2001
Abstract
Over the past 50 years a number of archaeological discoveries have been made at Barbush Quarry, Dunblane including a coin hoard, Neolithic pottery and several prehistoric funerary features. During the supervised removal of spoil heaps at the quarry a concentration of archaeological features was identified and later excavated. The features included three short cists that were fully excavated. One contained a cannel coal and jet disc-bead necklace and another a poorly-preserved skeleton and a Food Vessel. On the basis of the finds an Early Bronze Age date is likely but a radiocarbon determination on poorly preserved skeletal material has provided an unexpectedly late date of 2845±50 bp. Other features included two substantial, broadly parallel ditches that are associated with an area of packed gravel and cobbles in the northern part of the site. These could potentially represent a degraded section of the Roman road that is known to run close to the site
Journal title
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume
131
Publisher
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
ISSN
0081-1564
Additional information
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