Society of Antiquaries Monograph Series: Edinburgh.Īnderson, J 1895 ‘Notes on the contents of a refuse-heap at the base of the fortified rock known as dun Fheurain at Gallanach, near Oban, recently excavated by Mr J Patten MacDougall’, Proc Soc Antiq Scot 29: 278–95.Īndrews, M V, Beck, R B, Birks, H J B & Gilbertson, D D 1987 ‘The past and present vegetation of Oronsay and Colonsay’, in Mellars, P (ed) Excavations on Oronsay, 52–77. University Staff: Request a correction | Enlighten Editors: Update this recordĪbernethy, D 2008 ‘Bruach an Druimein, Poltalloch, Argyll, Excavations directed by the late Eric Cregeen, 1960–62’, Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 27.Īlcock, L & Alcock, E A 1987 ‘Reconnaissance Excavations on Early Historic Fortifications and Other Royal sites in Scotland, 1974–84: 2, Excavations at Dunollie Castle, Oban, Argyll, 1978’, Proc Soc Antiq Scot 117: 119–147.Īlcock, L 2003 Kings and Warriors, Craftsmen and Priests in Northern Britain AD 550–850. Reproduced under a Creative Commons License AnthropogeographyĬollege of Arts > School of Humanities > ArchaeologyĬopyright © 2022 Roddy Regan, Ewan Campbell and the individual contributorsįirst published in Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 99 Iron Age, dun, Argyll, toggle bead, quern.Ĭ Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeologyĭ History General and Old World > DA Great Britain The landscape context of the sites is explored, and a discussion places the sites in this context and in relation to debates on classification of stone-walled structures in Atlantic Scotland. There are detailed reports on the artefacts and on the palaeobotanical remains. Artefacts were sparse, as is usual on sites of this period, but included an unusual decorated rotary quern, and rare glass toggles.
No intramural features were seen, but median wall faces were present.
Both circular structures had internal post holes and hearths, suggesting they were roofed ‘dun-houses’. At Balure, in contrast, a primary circular structure had a series of successive enclosures added. At Barnluasgan an oval structure enclosing a craggy knoll was replaced by a smaller circular one. These dates are important contributions to an ongoing debate on the chronology of duns and forts in Argyll as there are so few reliable dates for this class of monument.
Both sites proved to be multiphase, and six radiocarbon dates established a fairly restricted period of occupation for both in the last centuries of the 1st millennium BC and the first centuries AD. Substantial areas of both sites were excavated, providing a good stratigraphic record of the development of the structures. This report discusses the excavation of two stone-walled duns situated in North Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, led by Kilmartin Museum.
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