The use and reuse of stone circles: fieldwork at five Scottish monuments and its implications

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPreface. The contents of the volume (Richard Bradley) Summary Part 1. Excavations at five Scottish monumentsChapter 1. The development of the project (Richard Bradley) Henges and stone settingsThe limits of classificationPatterns of later reuseDevelopments during the project Chapter 2. Excavations at Hillhead, Tarland, Aberdeenshire: a recumbent stone circle and its history (Richard Bradley and Amanda Clarke) The structure of the monumentDating evidenceFinds (Richard Bradley and Fiona Shapland) The surroundings of the monument (Moyra Simon and Jane Summers) The character of the principal monument (Richard Bradley)  Chapter 3. Excavations at Waulkmill, Tarland, Aberdeenshire: a Neolithic pit, Roman Iron Age burials and an earlier prehistoric stone circle (Richard Bradley, Amanda Clarke and Fraser Hunter) IntroductionNineteenth century discoveries and observationsThe 2012 excavationThe Neolithic pit (Alison Sheridan and Richard Bradley) The Bronze Age stone circleThe Roman Iron Age burials (with a contribution by Fiona ShaplandRoman Iron Age artefacts Fraser Hunter, Penelope Walton Rogers, Maureen Young, Hilary Cool and Mark Hall)Discussion of the Iron Age phase: a context for Roman finds on Deeside (Fraser Hunter)  Chapter 4. Croftmoraig stone circle, Perth and Kinross: a reinterpretation in the light of fresh excavation (Richard Bradley) The Croftmoraig stone circleThe 1965 excavationThe aims of the 2012 excavationThe research design for the 2102 excavationThe methods used in the 1965 excavationDetails of the 2012 excavationThe excavated material (Richard Bradley and Fiona Shapland)New evidence of sequenceConclusions Chapter 5. The Hill of Tuach, Kintore, Aberdeenshire: the excavation of a small stone circle and henge (Richard Bradley and Amanda Clarke) Background to the project (Richard Bradley, Amanda Clarke and Alison Sheridan) The monument today (Richard Bradley and Amanda Clarke) Excavation in 2011 (Richard Bradley and Amanda Clarke) The distribution of excavated artefactsThe excavated artefacts (Alison Sheridan, Trevor Cowie, Lore Troalen and Penelope Walton Rogers, Richard Bradley and Rosemary Stewart) The cremated human remainsCremated human remains from the 1855 excavation (Cecilia Medina-Pettersson and Fiona Shapland)Charcoal found during the 2011 excavation (Phil Austin) Pollen analysis (Alex Brown) Radiocarbon datesSynthesis (Richard Bradley) Chapter 6. Laikenbuie, Auldearn, Inverness-shire: excavation of an Early Iron Age ring cairn and other features (Ronnie Scott and Annette Jack) IntroductionAbove-ground structuresSample excavation 2003-2006Radiocarbon dates Part Two. The Excavated monuments in their wider contextsChapter 7. After the Great Stone Circles (Richard Bradley) The first stone circlesRecumbent stone circles, Clava Cairns and other monumentsThe Great Stone Circles and their successorsBuilding the Great Stone CirclesSimilarities and contrastsThe structural sequence at Clava Cairns and recumbent stone circlesSubsequent developments in Northern BritainSmaller stone settings of the Early and Middle Bronze Ages in the northThe last ring cairns and kerb cairns in the northClosing by enclosing Chapter 8. Histories of reuse (Richard Bradley) Introduction: closing and reopeningLater Bronze Age reuse (Richard Bradley) Stone circles and roundhouses (Richard Bradley) Roman Iron Age activity at stone monuments in north-east Scotland (Fraser Hunter and Richard Bradley) The reuse of older monuments in the Pictish period (Richard Bradley) Chapter 9. The extent of variation: four stone circles in Cromar in the light of recent fieldwork (Richard Bradley) Chapter 10. Croftmoraig: the anatomy of a stone circle (Richard Bradley) From 1965 to 2012: a change of emphasisThe local setting - nature, culture and monument buildingEnhancing the natural monumentFrom stone to timberFrom timber back to stoneEndingReferencesIndex