A Lake Dwelling in Its Landscape : Iron Age Settlement at Cults Loch, Castle Kennedy, Dumfries and Galloway.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- The research framework -- The landscape setting -- geology and hydrology -- A history of previous archaeological investigations at Cults Loch -- Methodology -- The community initiative -- Note on site labels -- 2 Cults Loch 3 -- the promontory crannog -- 2a The structural sequence -- Phase 1 -- construction of the crannog mound -- Phase 2 -- structure 1 -- Phase 3 -- structure 2 -- Phase 3 -- deposits and structures in the N quadrant -- Phase 4 -- structure 3 -- Phase 5 -- the decay horizon -- Access onto the crannog -- A trackway across the crannog -- The final act -- 2b Chronology, by Anne Crone -- Introduction -- Radiocarbon dating -- Dendrochronological studies -- 14C wiggle-match dating and the structural sequence at Cults Loch 3, by Piotr Jacobsson, Derek Hamilton &amp -- Gordon Cook -- Comment, by Anne Crone &amp -- Graeme Cavers -- 2c Ecofact analyses -- Introduction -- Phase 1 -- the crannog mound -- Phase 2 -- structure 1 -- Phase 3 -- structure 2 -- Phase 3 -- deposits in the N quadrant -- Phase 4 -- structure 3 -- Phase 5 -- the decay horizon -- Deposits off the crannog mound -- The macroplant assemblage, by Jackaline Robertson -- Insect remains, by Enid Allison -- Micromorphology, by Lynne Roy -- 2d The artefact assemblage -- The wooden artefacts, by Anne Crone -- The shale, by Fraser Hunter -- The glass bead, by Fraser Hunter -- The coarse stone, by Dawn McLaren -- The chipped stone assemblage, by Rob Engl -- The burnt clay by Dawn McLaren -- Synthesis of the material culture from Cults Loch 3 by Dawn McLaren -- 2e The structural timbers -- Introduction -- Vertical components -- Horizontal components -- Woodworking debris -- Charred timbers -- Discussion -- Wood use on the crannog.

2f Summary of evidence for construction and occupation on Cults Loch 3 -- Duration and continuity -- Construction -- The floor surfaces and living conditions on the crannog -- Domestic and agricultural activities -- 3 Cults Loch 4 -- the promontory fort -- Introduction -- Aerial photography -- Geophysical survey, by Tessa Poller -- Excavation results -- Neolithic activity -- Bronze Age activity and the early phase of enclosure -- The earlier Iron Age enclosures -- Interior features -- Environmental remains, by Jackaline Robertson -- The form and function of the enclosure -- Inland promontory forts -- 4 Cults Loch 5 -- the palisaded enclosure -- Introduction -- Geophysical survey, by Tessa Poller &amp -- Graeme Cavers -- Excavation results -- Earlier prehistoric features -- Phase 1 -- Phase 2 -- Other features within the enclosure -- Modern features -- Chronology -- Material culture -- The coarse stone, by Dawn McLaren -- Ceramic and vitrified material, by Dawn McLaren -- Environmental remains, by Jackaline Robertson -- Cults Loch 5 -- discussion -- 5 Cults Loch 2 and Cults Loch 6 -- Cults Loch 2 -- the knoll -- Cults Loch 6 -- the pits -- Discussion -- 6 Radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling of Cults Loch 3, 4 and 5 by Derek Hamilton &amp -- Tony Krus -- Methodological approach -- Cults Loch 3 -- the crannog -- Cults Loch 4 -- the promontory fort -- Cults Loch 5 -- the palisaded enclosure -- Discussion -- 7 The material world of Iron Age Wigtownshire, by Fraser Hunter, Dawn McLaren &amp -- Gemma Cruickshanks -- Introduction -- Luce Sands -- Material patterns -- Stone -- Iron and ironworking -- Copper alloys and their manufacture -- Decoration and adornment -- Contacts -- Artefacts and society -- The Roman world -- Conclusions -- 8 The environment in and around Cults Loch.

8a The offsite palaeoenvironmental programme, by Thierry Fonville, Tony Brown &amp -- Ciara Clarke -- Background -- Reconnaissance -- Sampling -- Core TCL1 -- age-depth model -- Lake ecology -- Discussion and conclusions -- 8b The on-site evidence for the environment around Cults Loch -- 9 Liminal living in a dynamic landscape -- 9a Cults Loch 3 -- chronology, form and functionality -- Chronology -- Form -- Functionality -- or reasons for living out on the water -- 9b The sites in their local and national context -- the later prehistoric settlement record of Wigtownshire -- Settlement development in the 1st millennium BC in southern Scotland -- The earlier Iron Age settlement landscape in SW Scotland -- The Cults Loch landscape: settlement, duration and evolution 500-0 BC -- Architectural forms in the Cults Loch settlements -- 10 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- 1. Cults Loch 3 -- the environmental assemblages, by Jackaline Robertson -- 2. Cults Loch 3 -- the insect remains, by Enid Allison -- 3. Cults Loch 3 -- soil micromorphology, by Lynne Roy -- 4. Analysis of the glass bead, by Mary Davis -- 5. Summary of finds from Wigtownshire Iron Age sites -- 6. Stray finds of certain or likely Iron Age date from Wigtownshire -- Index.

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