Broxy Kennels Fort, Souterrain and Surrounding Landscape, Perth

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Archaeological excavation of almost the entirety of Broxy Kennels Fort to the north of Perth, was undertaken in advance of a new road development. It revealed a multivallate fortified settlement on a hill overlooking the River Tay. The fort constructed in the 6th century BC initially comprised two ditches that encircled the hill with a north-east entranceway that led to the interior.Around the late 5th-early 4th centuries BC, parts of the settlement’s defences were altered to accommodate a souterrain constructed into one of the silted-up ditches. The alteration necessitated a further short ditch either side of the entrance, followed by a final outer ditch that encircled the hill. Other changes within the enclosure may also have occurred at this time with material from clearance of structures being dumped in the ditches.After a short hiatus, an unenclosed settlement within the interior of the fort persisted from the 4th century BC until around the late 1st century AD. Other than traces of sporadic activity from the early medieval period to the post-medieval era, the site was to all intents and purposes lost to the plough.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-04-02
Mått210 x 297 x 13 mm
Vikt792 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor212
FörlagArchaeopress
ISBN9781805832935

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Kenneth Green has worked as a Project Officer for GUARD Archaeology since 2020, having joined as a graduate in July 2011. He has worked on a wide variety of commercial archaeology projects across Scotland including large infra-structure projects such as Dunragit, Dumfries and Galloway and Fanellan, near Inverness, and of course directed the Cross Tay Link Road, Perth excavation. He has excavated Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Agesites across Scotland and more recently directed the excavation of a Medieval moated enclosure in Ayrshire. He has published the results of investigations at Partick Castle, Glasgow and the early Neolithic of Hillhouse Farm, Kilmarnock.

Summary – Kenneth Green Acknowledgements Contributors to the volume PART 1: Introduction and Results – Kenneth Green with John-James Atkinson, Christina Mollie Dogherty, Charlotte Hunter, Maureen Kilpatrick and Alun Woodward Introduction Broxy Kennels Archaeological Background Results of the Investigations at Broxy Kennels Metal Detecting and Significant Finds (Figure 4) The Main Ditch Excavations Machine Excavated Slot Trenches The Souterrain – John James Atkinson Other Features around the Fort – Christina Mollie Dogherty The ‘Palisade’ – John James Atkinson Investigations at Scone 1 and 2 – Charlotte Hunter and Maureen Kilpatrick Archaeological Evaluation of Temporary Works Area 5 – Alun Woodward PART 2: Dating and the Environment Radiocarbon dating and Chronological modelling – Derek Hamilto Archaeobotany – Susan Ramsay Micromorphology – Carol Laing Multi-element analysis of souterrain deposits – Clare Wilson Animal Bone – Catherine Smith PART 3: Material Culture The Lithic Assemblages – Torben Bjarke Ballin Stone Artefacts – Beverley Ballin Smith The Prehistoric Pottery – Beverley Ballin Smith Clay and Fired Clay – Beverley Ballin Smith Metalwork – Gemma Cruickshanks and Leanne Demay Vitrified Material – Gemma Cruickshanks PART 4: Discussion – Kenneth Green Environmental and archaeological evidence earlier than the fort – Beverley Ballin Smith The establishment of the fort – Kenneth Green Bibliography Appendices Index