Magnar Dalland
Biographic Data
| ID | 4979073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Magnar Dalland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Magnar |
| FAMILY NAME | Dalland |
| SIGNATURE | DALLAND M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Historic Environment Scotland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A 5th Century bc Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh
The remains of the first Iron Age chariot burial in Britain outside Yorkshire were discovered during the winter of 2000–1, near the Bronze Age burial mound of Huly Hill, at Newbridge, Edinburgh. Excavated by Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd with the assistance of the National Museums Scotland, the chariot proved unique beyond just its burial location. The Newbridge chariot was buried intact, a method consistent with the burial practices of Continent…
Bronze Age banks at the Black Crofts, North Connel, Argyll, a synthesis and re-assessment
The excavation and publication of the Bronze Age banks discovered at the Black Crofts, North Connel, in the years around 1970 may be considered a landmark in prehistoric archaeology in Scotland and, in particular, the study of archaeology under blanket peat. Investigations at the site continued up to 1978 but the results of this later work were never fully published. Recent archaeological investigations, triggered by housing developments in the B…
A possible Neolithic settlement at Kinbeachie, Black Isle, Highland
Account of the discovery and excavation of a site comprising a scatter of pits or post-holes, including a rectangular arrangement of post-holes interpreted as a timber building. Pottery, worked stone and carbonized crop plants were recovered and the site is interpreted as a relatively short-lived agricultural settlement. Radiocarbon dating suggests an occupation date of between 3,500 and 2,920 cal BC. The report discusses the wider issues of the …
No. 39 Arnol
The detailed recording of No. 39 Arnol was instigated by Historic Scotland prior to its consolidation as part of an extended visitor centre based around the nearby Blockhouse Museum at No. 42. Although occupied as a dwelling for a relatively short time, probably between the 1880s card 1920s, the building was modified many times. The original structure seems to have been constructed to a typical blackhouse pattern with an adjoining barn, byre/dwel…
Sand Fiold
Sand quarrying in 1989 at Sand Fiold, Sandwick, in Orkney resulted in the accidental discovery of a rock-cut chamber containing a cist. Subsequent excavation revealed that this cist had a number of unusual features. The cist slabs had been fitted together exceptionally well and the completed cist was designed to be re-opened by the removal of a side slab. Within the chamber, access was provided to the opening side of the cist and a relieving stru…
A small mesolithic site at Fife Ness, Fife, Scotland
In the summer of 1996 work to build a new golf course on the coast at Crail in Fife, Scotland, uncovered a small patch of dark soil associated with microliths. Excavation revealed an arc of seven pits or post-holes, a hearth site and several other pit-like features. There was a small lithic assemblage, and also a quantity of carbonised hazelnut shell, samples of which were sent off for radiocarbon assay. The site was remarkable for several reason…
The excavation of Cairnwell ring-cairn, Portlethen, Aberdeenshire
The ring-cairn was completely excavated prior to its reconstruction nearby. The site originally comprised an arc of pits, in use by the Neo period (4320±80 BP -- GU-4402) surrounding a stone circle which may have been of similar date. After a long hiatus, a pyre was burnt within the stone circle (3070±60 BP -- GU-4399). A timber enclosure, with an entrance to the south, was then erected within the stone circle and five urned cremations interred i…
Carn Dubh, Moulin, Perthshire
Carronbridge, Dumfries and Galloway
Cropmarks of a square, double-ditched Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure, a Roman temporary camp and another sub-rectangular enclosure were excavated in advance of road building. All the monuments were plough damaged. The square enclosure had three main enclosure phases. It contained six intersecting circular buildings, one of which was surrounded by a large ditch and three large sunken features with complex, charcoal-rich fills. A cobbled surface…
Conference Participants
This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries
The excavation of a group of long cists at Avonmill Road, Linlithgow, West Lothian
Describes the excavation of three long cists. Two skeletons were dated and the results are discussed in relation to radiocarbon dates from other long cist cemeteries. Daphne Home Lorimer reports on `The human bones' (341)
Excavations in the ceremonial complex of the fourth to 2nd millennium BC at Balfarg/Balbirnie, Glenrothes, Fife
The portions of the Balfarg/Balbirnie ceremonial complex excavated between 1983 and 1985 are described and related to the portions dug previously: Balbirnie stone circle (76/3594) and Balfarg henge (83/10516).The prehistoric ceremonial use of the area seems to have lasted from early in the third millennium until late in the second millennium BC (in terms of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates). The sequence began with pit-digging and pottery depositio…
Long cist burials at Four Winds, Longniddry, East Lothian
Describes the excavation in 1989 of part of a long cist cemetery.The radiocarbon dates from the site are compared with dates from major Scottish long cist cemeteries and seen in relation to the traditional chronological framework for these sites
A short cist at Grainfoot, Longniddry, East Lothian
Describes the excavation of a Bronze Age cist containing two inhumations and a deposit of pig bones
Burials at Winton House, Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian
Describes an Iron Age cemetery containing burials of different types. Daphne Home Lorimer describes the human bones in Appendix 1 (179--80 & microfiche 4:A4--B8)
Excavations in the ceremonial complex of the fourth to 2nd millennium BC at Balfarg/Balbirnie, Glenrothes, Fife
The portions of the Balfarg/Balbirnie ceremonial complex excavated between 1983 and 1985 are described and related to the portions dug previously: Balbirnie stone circle (76/3594) and Balfarg henge (83/10516).The prehistoric ceremonial use of the area seems to have lasted from early in the third millennium until late in the second millennium BC (in terms of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates). The sequence began with pit-digging and pottery depositio…
A 5th Century bc Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh
The remains of the first Iron Age chariot burial in Britain outside Yorkshire were discovered during the winter of 2000–1, near the Bronze Age burial mound of Huly Hill, at Newbridge, Edinburgh. Excavated by Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd with the assistance of the National Museums Scotland, the chariot proved unique beyond just its burial location. The Newbridge chariot was buried intact, a method consistent with the burial practices of Continent…
Long cist burials at Four Winds, Longniddry, East Lothian
Describes the excavation in 1989 of part of a long cist cemetery.The radiocarbon dates from the site are compared with dates from major Scottish long cist cemeteries and seen in relation to the traditional chronological framework for these sites
Burials at Winton House, Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian
Describes an Iron Age cemetery containing burials of different types. Daphne Home Lorimer describes the human bones in Appendix 1 (179--80 & microfiche 4:A4--B8)
A small mesolithic site at Fife Ness, Fife, Scotland
In the summer of 1996 work to build a new golf course on the coast at Crail in Fife, Scotland, uncovered a small patch of dark soil associated with microliths. Excavation revealed an arc of seven pits or post-holes, a hearth site and several other pit-like features. There was a small lithic assemblage, and also a quantity of carbonised hazelnut shell, samples of which were sent off for radiocarbon assay. The site was remarkable for several reason…
Sand Fiold
Sand quarrying in 1989 at Sand Fiold, Sandwick, in Orkney resulted in the accidental discovery of a rock-cut chamber containing a cist. Subsequent excavation revealed that this cist had a number of unusual features. The cist slabs had been fitted together exceptionally well and the completed cist was designed to be re-opened by the removal of a side slab. Within the chamber, access was provided to the opening side of the cist and a relieving stru…
Carn Dubh, Moulin, Perthshire
The excavation of Cairnwell ring-cairn, Portlethen, Aberdeenshire
The ring-cairn was completely excavated prior to its reconstruction nearby. The site originally comprised an arc of pits, in use by the Neo period (4320±80 BP -- GU-4402) surrounding a stone circle which may have been of similar date. After a long hiatus, a pyre was burnt within the stone circle (3070±60 BP -- GU-4399). A timber enclosure, with an entrance to the south, was then erected within the stone circle and five urned cremations interred i…
Carronbridge, Dumfries and Galloway
Cropmarks of a square, double-ditched Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure, a Roman temporary camp and another sub-rectangular enclosure were excavated in advance of road building. All the monuments were plough damaged. The square enclosure had three main enclosure phases. It contained six intersecting circular buildings, one of which was surrounded by a large ditch and three large sunken features with complex, charcoal-rich fills. A cobbled surface…
A short cist at Grainfoot, Longniddry, East Lothian
Describes the excavation of a Bronze Age cist containing two inhumations and a deposit of pig bones
Burials at Winton House, Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian
Describes an Iron Age cemetery containing burials of different types. Daphne Home Lorimer describes the human bones in Appendix 1 (179--80 & microfiche 4:A4--B8)
Long cist burials at Four Winds, Longniddry, East Lothian
Describes the excavation in 1989 of part of a long cist cemetery.The radiocarbon dates from the site are compared with dates from major Scottish long cist cemeteries and seen in relation to the traditional chronological framework for these sites
The excavation of a group of long cists at Avonmill Road, Linlithgow, West Lothian
Describes the excavation of three long cists. Two skeletons were dated and the results are discussed in relation to radiocarbon dates from other long cist cemeteries. Daphne Home Lorimer reports on `The human bones' (341)
Excavations in the ceremonial complex of the fourth to 2nd millennium BC at Balfarg/Balbirnie, Glenrothes, Fife
The portions of the Balfarg/Balbirnie ceremonial complex excavated between 1983 and 1985 are described and related to the portions dug previously: Balbirnie stone circle (76/3594) and Balfarg henge (83/10516).The prehistoric ceremonial use of the area seems to have lasted from early in the third millennium until late in the second millennium BC (in terms of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates). The sequence began with pit-digging and pottery depositio…
Carronbridge, Dumfries and Galloway
Cropmarks of a square, double-ditched Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure, a Roman temporary camp and another sub-rectangular enclosure were excavated in advance of road building. All the monuments were plough damaged. The square enclosure had three main enclosure phases. It contained six intersecting circular buildings, one of which was surrounded by a large ditch and three large sunken features with complex, charcoal-rich fills. A cobbled surface…
Conference Participants
This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries
Carn Dubh, Moulin, Perthshire
A small mesolithic site at Fife Ness, Fife, Scotland
In the summer of 1996 work to build a new golf course on the coast at Crail in Fife, Scotland, uncovered a small patch of dark soil associated with microliths. Excavation revealed an arc of seven pits or post-holes, a hearth site and several other pit-like features. There was a small lithic assemblage, and also a quantity of carbonised hazelnut shell, samples of which were sent off for radiocarbon assay. The site was remarkable for several reason…
The excavation of Cairnwell ring-cairn, Portlethen, Aberdeenshire
The ring-cairn was completely excavated prior to its reconstruction nearby. The site originally comprised an arc of pits, in use by the Neo period (4320±80 BP -- GU-4402) surrounding a stone circle which may have been of similar date. After a long hiatus, a pyre was burnt within the stone circle (3070±60 BP -- GU-4399). A timber enclosure, with an entrance to the south, was then erected within the stone circle and five urned cremations interred i…
Sand Fiold
Sand quarrying in 1989 at Sand Fiold, Sandwick, in Orkney resulted in the accidental discovery of a rock-cut chamber containing a cist. Subsequent excavation revealed that this cist had a number of unusual features. The cist slabs had been fitted together exceptionally well and the completed cist was designed to be re-opened by the removal of a side slab. Within the chamber, access was provided to the opening side of the cist and a relieving stru…
No. 39 Arnol
The detailed recording of No. 39 Arnol was instigated by Historic Scotland prior to its consolidation as part of an extended visitor centre based around the nearby Blockhouse Museum at No. 42. Although occupied as a dwelling for a relatively short time, probably between the 1880s card 1920s, the building was modified many times. The original structure seems to have been constructed to a typical blackhouse pattern with an adjoining barn, byre/dwel…
A possible Neolithic settlement at Kinbeachie, Black Isle, Highland
Account of the discovery and excavation of a site comprising a scatter of pits or post-holes, including a rectangular arrangement of post-holes interpreted as a timber building. Pottery, worked stone and carbonized crop plants were recovered and the site is interpreted as a relatively short-lived agricultural settlement. Radiocarbon dating suggests an occupation date of between 3,500 and 2,920 cal BC. The report discusses the wider issues of the …
Bronze Age banks at the Black Crofts, North Connel, Argyll, a synthesis and re-assessment
The excavation and publication of the Bronze Age banks discovered at the Black Crofts, North Connel, in the years around 1970 may be considered a landmark in prehistoric archaeology in Scotland and, in particular, the study of archaeology under blanket peat. Investigations at the site continued up to 1978 but the results of this later work were never fully published. Recent archaeological investigations, triggered by housing developments in the B…
A 5th Century bc Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh
The remains of the first Iron Age chariot burial in Britain outside Yorkshire were discovered during the winter of 2000–1, near the Bronze Age burial mound of Huly Hill, at Newbridge, Edinburgh. Excavated by Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd with the assistance of the National Museums Scotland, the chariot proved unique beyond just its burial location. The Newbridge chariot was buried intact, a method consistent with the burial practices of Continent…
Archaeology (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 works) · Excavation (9 works) · Geology (9 works) · History (8 works) · History (8 works) · Radiocarbon dating (8 works) · Geology (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works)