Cecily Margaret Piggott
Biographic Data
| ID | 5405291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cecily Margaret Piggott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cecily Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Piggott |
| SIGNATURE | PIGGOTT C M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1937 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Excavation at Braidwood Fort, Midlothian and Craig's Quarry, Dirleton, East Lothian
Collated reports on excavations that took place at two sites in between 1951-55. The author suggests that the structures at Braidwood Fort may represent two different periods of construction, most likely preceding the incursion of Roman forces. The excavation at Craig’s Quarry provides an interesting comparison to other, relatively rare, Iron Age house sites in Scotland. One of the most significant finds from this excavation is the bronze La Tène…
Milton Loch Crannog I. A native house of the 2nd century AD in Kirkcudbrightshire
The excavation of this Iron Age site reveals the structure of the crannog as well as uncovering several finds that contribute to the understanding of the domestic and agricultural lives of the people who lived here. The article also includes some speculation about how much contact the owners of the crannog had with the Romans, based on the presence of a bronze ornament from central Europe found at the site. Appendices include information on the b…
An aisled farmhouse at the Allasdale, Isle of Barra
An Iron Age barrow in the New Forest
During the course of excavations undertaken in 1941 on behalf of the Ministry of Works on Beaulieu Heath in the New Forest a small, and hitherto unrecorded, barrow was discovered by the writer (fig. i). After the conclusion of the official work this small barrow was excavated in order to establish its cultural position in an area rich in barrow burials, but which does not, to the writer's knowledge, include many others of similar character. It sh…
The Excavations at Bonchester Hill, 1950
After several other excavations in the area, the site at Bonchester hill was excavated in the hopes that it would provide evidence of the structure’s dates and their inhabitants. In particular, the excavators were interested in the dating and cultural origin of a ring-headed pin found at this site in 1906. Although few finds were made during the excavation, the author still reached some conclusions about the site’s earliest period of occupation, …
The Iron Age Settlement at Hayhope Knowe, Roxburghshire
The excavation of a double palisade enclosure near Roxburgh in 1949 uncovered three Iron Age huts. This report describes the excavation process and the layout of the site, as well as the finds made during the excavation. The authors then offer some suggestions regarding the lifestyle of the people living in these huts, although the construction and purpose of the double palisade remains unclear
The excavations at Hownam Rings, Roxburghshire, 1948
As one of the first excavations of a hillfort in the Scottish Borders, this excavation aimed to discover some of the culture and priorities of the Iron Age and Roman inhabitants. Four phases of habitation were identified, although not all of them could be conclusively dated. The article includes a catalogue of finds organised according to which of the four phases the item is related to
Late Bronze Age Enclosures in Sussex and Wessex
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A Late Bronze Age Hoard from Blackrock in Sussex and its Significance
The hoard of bronzes from Blackrock near Brighton, was first published in 1916, and later received treatment by Curwen in his Archaeology of Sussex . The obviously foreign elements in the hoard have not been clearly recognised in the past, and in view of their significance it is desirable that a more detailed description of the finds should be put on record, and that some attempt should be made to fit them into the existing pattern of the Late Br…
Field Work in Colonsay and Islay, 1944-45
Field observations were made on a variety of sites including standing stones, possible stone circles, burial cairns and duns. In particular the 'dun' at Dunan Na Nighean was re-interpreted as a possible passage grave
The Late Bronze Age Razors of the British Isles
Although a large number of bronze ‘razors’ have been found in these islands, the literature concerning them is very scattered, and there has been no attempt to synthesize the information concerning them. There are frequent references to the so-called ‘plantain’ (our Class I) form or to the ‘maple-leaf’ (Class II) examples with their suggested connection with Siculan razors, but there has been no detailed analysis of their chronological and cultur…
II.— Excavation of Barrows on Crichel and Launceston Downs, Dorset
The excavations to be described were undertaken at the request of H.M. Office of Works in the summer of 1938, and were in the nature of ‘rescue work’, for the area on which the barrows lay had been acquired by a government department and it was felt desirable that some at least of the barrows should be excavated in advance of operations in order to avoid possible damage. With regard to the choice of sites, as will be seen from the site plan (fig.…
The Grim's Ditch Complex in Cranborne Chase
Many of the Grim's ditches and others of similar character in East and South England have been tentatively dated to the Late Roman or Saxon periods. The question of their date and purpose has frequently received attention in Antiquity, notably by Sir Cyril Fox and Mr O. G. S. Crawford.But all these Grim's ditches need not be alike, and the group of linear earthworks known by this name in Cranborne Chase is especially distinctive. Parts of it can …
Excavation of Fifteen Barrows in the New Forest 1941–2
The excavations to be described were carried out in the autumn and winter of 1941–42, and a total of fifteen barrows was examined. Of these, ten were on Beaulieu Heath, to the south of the Brockenhurst–Hatchet Gate road, and the remaining five near Stoney Cross to the north-west of the New Forest. All the barrows were about to be destroyed in the course of building operations, and it was due to the urgency of the situation that none of the barrow…
Five Late Bronze Age Enclosures in North Wiltshire
The purpose of this paper is briefly to draw attention to a new group of Deverel–Rimbury enclosures in Wessex. These were found in the course of field work by the writer and Mr Owen Meyrick during the year preceding the outbreak of war, and all five are within two miles of one another on open downland north of the Marlborough–Wootton-Bassett road (fig. 1). 1. Preshute Down . (See fig. 2 and pl. VII). Squarish enclosure covered with L.B.A. pottery…
Excavations at Rams Hill, Uffington, Berks
Rams Hill is an inconspicuous knoll of the Berkshire Downs (Berks. O.S. 6 in. XIX, NW. and NE.) on the ridge overlooking the Vale of the White Horse. It lies within the 700-ft. contour, with the ground sloping gently to the south and falling steeply to 400 ft. on the northern escarpment. To the west, a mile away, the land rises to White Horse Hill, a bluff over 800 ft. high, crowned by the hill-fort of Uffington Castle and with the eponymous turf…
Stone and Earth Circles in Dorset
The primary purpose of this paper is to publish for the first time a complete set of plans and descriptions of the Dorset stone circles, and of certain allied monuments in which timber uprights may have played a part but whose visible remains today consist only of encircling banks and ditches. The existence of most of the sites described has been recorded, with full references, in the Ordnance Survey'sMap of Neolithic Wessex, but we have been abl…
A Middle Bronze Age Barrow and Deverel-Rimbury Urnfield, at Latch Farm, Christchurch, Hampshire
Latch farm is situated on the gravel in the fork of the rivers Stour and Avon, and within a mile of their outlet into the sea at Christchurch. The barrow under discussion was suspected to be such by Mr J. H. Taylor, the owner of the land, in about 1934. It appeared then as a low flat mound, not more than 18 inches or so in elevation, and with no signs of a surrounding ditch. In 1936 gravel digging was started in a large quarry near the barrow, an…
Early Iron Age Site at Southcote, Reading
Denton's pit, Southcote, is situated about one mile to the west of Reading, immediately to the south of the Great West Road. The map references are as follows:— 6 inch . Berkshire 37 N.W. Lat. 51° 26′ 40′′ N. Long. 1° 0′ 0′′ w. 1 inch . 5th Edition, Sheet 113. Square 1,070–1,075 E. 1,295–1,300 N. Geological . Sheet 268. (1 inch)
Excavations at Rams Hill, Uffington, Berks
Rams Hill is an inconspicuous knoll of the Berkshire Downs (Berks. O.S. 6 in. XIX, NW. and NE.) on the ridge overlooking the Vale of the White Horse. It lies within the 700-ft. contour, with the ground sloping gently to the south and falling steeply to 400 ft. on the northern escarpment. To the west, a mile away, the land rises to White Horse Hill, a bluff over 800 ft. high, crowned by the hill-fort of Uffington Castle and with the eponymous turf…
A Middle Bronze Age Barrow and Deverel-Rimbury Urnfield, at Latch Farm, Christchurch, Hampshire
Latch farm is situated on the gravel in the fork of the rivers Stour and Avon, and within a mile of their outlet into the sea at Christchurch. The barrow under discussion was suspected to be such by Mr J. H. Taylor, the owner of the land, in about 1934. It appeared then as a low flat mound, not more than 18 inches or so in elevation, and with no signs of a surrounding ditch. In 1936 gravel digging was started in a large quarry near the barrow, an…
Five Late Bronze Age Enclosures in North Wiltshire
The purpose of this paper is briefly to draw attention to a new group of Deverel–Rimbury enclosures in Wessex. These were found in the course of field work by the writer and Mr Owen Meyrick during the year preceding the outbreak of war, and all five are within two miles of one another on open downland north of the Marlborough–Wootton-Bassett road (fig. 1). 1. Preshute Down . (See fig. 2 and pl. VII). Squarish enclosure covered with L.B.A. pottery…
An aisled farmhouse at the Allasdale, Isle of Barra
An Iron Age barrow in the New Forest
During the course of excavations undertaken in 1941 on behalf of the Ministry of Works on Beaulieu Heath in the New Forest a small, and hitherto unrecorded, barrow was discovered by the writer (fig. i). After the conclusion of the official work this small barrow was excavated in order to establish its cultural position in an area rich in barrow burials, but which does not, to the writer's knowledge, include many others of similar character. It sh…
The excavations at Hownam Rings, Roxburghshire, 1948
As one of the first excavations of a hillfort in the Scottish Borders, this excavation aimed to discover some of the culture and priorities of the Iron Age and Roman inhabitants. Four phases of habitation were identified, although not all of them could be conclusively dated. The article includes a catalogue of finds organised according to which of the four phases the item is related to
Excavation of Fifteen Barrows in the New Forest 1941–2
The excavations to be described were carried out in the autumn and winter of 1941–42, and a total of fifteen barrows was examined. Of these, ten were on Beaulieu Heath, to the south of the Brockenhurst–Hatchet Gate road, and the remaining five near Stoney Cross to the north-west of the New Forest. All the barrows were about to be destroyed in the course of building operations, and it was due to the urgency of the situation that none of the barrow…
Stone and Earth Circles in Dorset
The primary purpose of this paper is to publish for the first time a complete set of plans and descriptions of the Dorset stone circles, and of certain allied monuments in which timber uprights may have played a part but whose visible remains today consist only of encircling banks and ditches. The existence of most of the sites described has been recorded, with full references, in the Ordnance Survey'sMap of Neolithic Wessex, but we have been abl…
Milton Loch Crannog I. A native house of the 2nd century AD in Kirkcudbrightshire
The excavation of this Iron Age site reveals the structure of the crannog as well as uncovering several finds that contribute to the understanding of the domestic and agricultural lives of the people who lived here. The article also includes some speculation about how much contact the owners of the crannog had with the Romans, based on the presence of a bronze ornament from central Europe found at the site. Appendices include information on the b…
A Late Bronze Age Hoard from Blackrock in Sussex and its Significance
The hoard of bronzes from Blackrock near Brighton, was first published in 1916, and later received treatment by Curwen in his Archaeology of Sussex . The obviously foreign elements in the hoard have not been clearly recognised in the past, and in view of their significance it is desirable that a more detailed description of the finds should be put on record, and that some attempt should be made to fit them into the existing pattern of the Late Br…
The Late Bronze Age Razors of the British Isles
Although a large number of bronze ‘razors’ have been found in these islands, the literature concerning them is very scattered, and there has been no attempt to synthesize the information concerning them. There are frequent references to the so-called ‘plantain’ (our Class I) form or to the ‘maple-leaf’ (Class II) examples with their suggested connection with Siculan razors, but there has been no detailed analysis of their chronological and cultur…
The Grim's Ditch Complex in Cranborne Chase
Many of the Grim's ditches and others of similar character in East and South England have been tentatively dated to the Late Roman or Saxon periods. The question of their date and purpose has frequently received attention in Antiquity, notably by Sir Cyril Fox and Mr O. G. S. Crawford.But all these Grim's ditches need not be alike, and the group of linear earthworks known by this name in Cranborne Chase is especially distinctive. Parts of it can …
Excavation at Braidwood Fort, Midlothian and Craig's Quarry, Dirleton, East Lothian
Collated reports on excavations that took place at two sites in between 1951-55. The author suggests that the structures at Braidwood Fort may represent two different periods of construction, most likely preceding the incursion of Roman forces. The excavation at Craig’s Quarry provides an interesting comparison to other, relatively rare, Iron Age house sites in Scotland. One of the most significant finds from this excavation is the bronze La Tène…
The Excavations at Bonchester Hill, 1950
After several other excavations in the area, the site at Bonchester hill was excavated in the hopes that it would provide evidence of the structure’s dates and their inhabitants. In particular, the excavators were interested in the dating and cultural origin of a ring-headed pin found at this site in 1906. Although few finds were made during the excavation, the author still reached some conclusions about the site’s earliest period of occupation, …
The Iron Age Settlement at Hayhope Knowe, Roxburghshire
The excavation of a double palisade enclosure near Roxburgh in 1949 uncovered three Iron Age huts. This report describes the excavation process and the layout of the site, as well as the finds made during the excavation. The authors then offer some suggestions regarding the lifestyle of the people living in these huts, although the construction and purpose of the double palisade remains unclear
Early Iron Age Site at Southcote, Reading
Denton's pit, Southcote, is situated about one mile to the west of Reading, immediately to the south of the Great West Road. The map references are as follows:— 6 inch . Berkshire 37 N.W. Lat. 51° 26′ 40′′ N. Long. 1° 0′ 0′′ w. 1 inch . 5th Edition, Sheet 113. Square 1,070–1,075 E. 1,295–1,300 N. Geological . Sheet 268. (1 inch)
Field Work in Colonsay and Islay, 1944-45
Field observations were made on a variety of sites including standing stones, possible stone circles, burial cairns and duns. In particular the 'dun' at Dunan Na Nighean was re-interpreted as a possible passage grave
Early Iron Age Site at Southcote, Reading
Denton's pit, Southcote, is situated about one mile to the west of Reading, immediately to the south of the Great West Road. The map references are as follows:— 6 inch . Berkshire 37 N.W. Lat. 51° 26′ 40′′ N. Long. 1° 0′ 0′′ w. 1 inch . 5th Edition, Sheet 113. Square 1,070–1,075 E. 1,295–1,300 N. Geological . Sheet 268. (1 inch)
A Middle Bronze Age Barrow and Deverel-Rimbury Urnfield, at Latch Farm, Christchurch, Hampshire
Latch farm is situated on the gravel in the fork of the rivers Stour and Avon, and within a mile of their outlet into the sea at Christchurch. The barrow under discussion was suspected to be such by Mr J. H. Taylor, the owner of the land, in about 1934. It appeared then as a low flat mound, not more than 18 inches or so in elevation, and with no signs of a surrounding ditch. In 1936 gravel digging was started in a large quarry near the barrow, an…
Stone and Earth Circles in Dorset
The primary purpose of this paper is to publish for the first time a complete set of plans and descriptions of the Dorset stone circles, and of certain allied monuments in which timber uprights may have played a part but whose visible remains today consist only of encircling banks and ditches. The existence of most of the sites described has been recorded, with full references, in the Ordnance Survey'sMap of Neolithic Wessex, but we have been abl…
Excavations at Rams Hill, Uffington, Berks
Rams Hill is an inconspicuous knoll of the Berkshire Downs (Berks. O.S. 6 in. XIX, NW. and NE.) on the ridge overlooking the Vale of the White Horse. It lies within the 700-ft. contour, with the ground sloping gently to the south and falling steeply to 400 ft. on the northern escarpment. To the west, a mile away, the land rises to White Horse Hill, a bluff over 800 ft. high, crowned by the hill-fort of Uffington Castle and with the eponymous turf…
Five Late Bronze Age Enclosures in North Wiltshire
The purpose of this paper is briefly to draw attention to a new group of Deverel–Rimbury enclosures in Wessex. These were found in the course of field work by the writer and Mr Owen Meyrick during the year preceding the outbreak of war, and all five are within two miles of one another on open downland north of the Marlborough–Wootton-Bassett road (fig. 1). 1. Preshute Down . (See fig. 2 and pl. VII). Squarish enclosure covered with L.B.A. pottery…
Excavation of Fifteen Barrows in the New Forest 1941–2
The excavations to be described were carried out in the autumn and winter of 1941–42, and a total of fifteen barrows was examined. Of these, ten were on Beaulieu Heath, to the south of the Brockenhurst–Hatchet Gate road, and the remaining five near Stoney Cross to the north-west of the New Forest. All the barrows were about to be destroyed in the course of building operations, and it was due to the urgency of the situation that none of the barrow…
II.— Excavation of Barrows on Crichel and Launceston Downs, Dorset
The excavations to be described were undertaken at the request of H.M. Office of Works in the summer of 1938, and were in the nature of ‘rescue work’, for the area on which the barrows lay had been acquired by a government department and it was felt desirable that some at least of the barrows should be excavated in advance of operations in order to avoid possible damage. With regard to the choice of sites, as will be seen from the site plan (fig.…
The Grim's Ditch Complex in Cranborne Chase
Many of the Grim's ditches and others of similar character in East and South England have been tentatively dated to the Late Roman or Saxon periods. The question of their date and purpose has frequently received attention in Antiquity, notably by Sir Cyril Fox and Mr O. G. S. Crawford.But all these Grim's ditches need not be alike, and the group of linear earthworks known by this name in Cranborne Chase is especially distinctive. Parts of it can …
The Late Bronze Age Razors of the British Isles
Although a large number of bronze ‘razors’ have been found in these islands, the literature concerning them is very scattered, and there has been no attempt to synthesize the information concerning them. There are frequent references to the so-called ‘plantain’ (our Class I) form or to the ‘maple-leaf’ (Class II) examples with their suggested connection with Siculan razors, but there has been no detailed analysis of their chronological and cultur…
Field Work in Colonsay and Islay, 1944-45
Field observations were made on a variety of sites including standing stones, possible stone circles, burial cairns and duns. In particular the 'dun' at Dunan Na Nighean was re-interpreted as a possible passage grave
A Late Bronze Age Hoard from Blackrock in Sussex and its Significance
The hoard of bronzes from Blackrock near Brighton, was first published in 1916, and later received treatment by Curwen in his Archaeology of Sussex . The obviously foreign elements in the hoard have not been clearly recognised in the past, and in view of their significance it is desirable that a more detailed description of the finds should be put on record, and that some attempt should be made to fit them into the existing pattern of the Late Br…
The excavations at Hownam Rings, Roxburghshire, 1948
As one of the first excavations of a hillfort in the Scottish Borders, this excavation aimed to discover some of the culture and priorities of the Iron Age and Roman inhabitants. Four phases of habitation were identified, although not all of them could be conclusively dated. The article includes a catalogue of finds organised according to which of the four phases the item is related to
Late Bronze Age Enclosures in Sussex and Wessex
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Iron Age Settlement at Hayhope Knowe, Roxburghshire
The excavation of a double palisade enclosure near Roxburgh in 1949 uncovered three Iron Age huts. This report describes the excavation process and the layout of the site, as well as the finds made during the excavation. The authors then offer some suggestions regarding the lifestyle of the people living in these huts, although the construction and purpose of the double palisade remains unclear
The Excavations at Bonchester Hill, 1950
After several other excavations in the area, the site at Bonchester hill was excavated in the hopes that it would provide evidence of the structure’s dates and their inhabitants. In particular, the excavators were interested in the dating and cultural origin of a ring-headed pin found at this site in 1906. Although few finds were made during the excavation, the author still reached some conclusions about the site’s earliest period of occupation, …
An Iron Age barrow in the New Forest
During the course of excavations undertaken in 1941 on behalf of the Ministry of Works on Beaulieu Heath in the New Forest a small, and hitherto unrecorded, barrow was discovered by the writer (fig. i). After the conclusion of the official work this small barrow was excavated in order to establish its cultural position in an area rich in barrow burials, but which does not, to the writer's knowledge, include many others of similar character. It sh…
Milton Loch Crannog I. A native house of the 2nd century AD in Kirkcudbrightshire
The excavation of this Iron Age site reveals the structure of the crannog as well as uncovering several finds that contribute to the understanding of the domestic and agricultural lives of the people who lived here. The article also includes some speculation about how much contact the owners of the crannog had with the Romans, based on the presence of a bronze ornament from central Europe found at the site. Appendices include information on the b…
An aisled farmhouse at the Allasdale, Isle of Barra
Excavation at Braidwood Fort, Midlothian and Craig's Quarry, Dirleton, East Lothian
Collated reports on excavations that took place at two sites in between 1951-55. The author suggests that the structures at Braidwood Fort may represent two different periods of construction, most likely preceding the incursion of Roman forces. The excavation at Craig’s Quarry provides an interesting comparison to other, relatively rare, Iron Age house sites in Scotland. One of the most significant finds from this excavation is the bronze La Tène…
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