Mid Excavation Report by Oskar Sveinbjarnason (University of Aberdeen)
The excavation at Scotsburn House aims at dating the occupation as well as trying to discern if the site is a broch or a dun.
Outer wall face of Scotsburn “house” with Roland.
A single trench 20m long and 2m wide was placed over the building wall and extends northwards over four rampart banks. The round house wall has been revealed but it has not shown yet if it is a broch or a dun. The ramparts have so far shown a nice stone facing. The site is getting more complex as “new“ walls have been uncovered in the trench. The relationship between these walls and the ramparts and ditches is being investigated.
Photo from the trench with Leaf and James.
The lower left corner of the picture shows one of the banks. Behind Leaf and James is another bank and towards upper right corner is the Scotsburn house wall.
Following Oscar’s report an iron age road surface was uncovered in this ditch.
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