Gordon Ewart
Biographic Data
| ID | 5934725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon Ewart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon |
| FAMILY NAME | Ewart |
| SIGNATURE | EWART G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Priory Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Argyll's Lodging, Stirling: Recent archaeological excavations and historical analysis
Excavation at Argyll's Lodging demonstrates the complex development of the present mansion from the early 17th century onwards, including its use as a military hospital. Excavations also took place on the site of the demolished south wing. Analysis of the historical development of the main house shows an expansion of the house and garden during the 17th century, with a later contraction of the property
Graveheart: Cult and burial in a Cistercian chapter house - excavations at Melrose, 1921 and 1996
The chapter house at Melrose was first excavated by the Ministry of Works in 1921, revealing asequence of burials including a heart burial, possibly that of Robert I. Part of the site was re-excavatedin 1996 by Kirkdale Archaeology for Historic Scotland in order to provide better information for thepresentation of the monument. This revealed that the building had expanded in the 13th century, theearly chamber being used as a vestibule. There was …
The fortifications of Fort George, Ardersier, near Inverness: Archaeological investigations 1990–2005
Fort George was built between 1748 and 1760 at Ardersier Point on the Moray Firth. Extensive contemporary documentation of the fort's construction survives in the archives of the Board of Ordnance. This paper describes archaeological fieldwork carried out during conservation works between 1990 and 2005. Excavation was undertaken on the East Front, the Point Battery at the western extremity, and the North and South Casemates. Work was also underta…
The Dupplin Cross: Recent investigations
Widespread public concern about the weathering of the Dupplin Cross resulted in its removal from its site in the parklands of Dupplin Castle to a sheltered environment at St Serf’s Church, Dunning. An archaeological investigation of the immediate environment of the cross was carried out as part of this operation. This paper describes the cross and its context in the royal and ecclesiastical milieu of the ninth century. Cartographic evidence shows…
An Old Pentagonal Fort Built of Stone’: Excavation of the battery wall at Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland
In advance of a programme of conservation and restoration at Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland, all the gun positions (platforms and embrasures) along the seaward battery wall were accurately surveyed and archaeologically excavated. The work took place over three seasons, in 1993, 1994 and 1996. This paper reviews the documented history of the fort together with the archaeological evidence, in order to produce a structural history for the develop…
Carrick Castle: Symbol and source of Campbell power in south Argyll from the 14th to the 17th century
An intermittent series of archaeological investigations was conducted at Carrick Castle, over a 10year period, in tandem with repair and restoration of the building by its owner.Excavations focused on the barmkin (1985) and on deeply stratified deposits within the basement of the castle (1992-3; 1996).The 1996 work saw the complete excavation of the castle basement, revealing evidence of its late 14th-century origins, through to its intensive occ…
Auldhill, Portencross
Auldhill, on the Ayrshire coast of the Firth of Clyde, is a site with a very long history. Excavations were conducted there for a total of ten weeks in 1987, 1988 and 1989, and seven main phases were recognized, as follows: I the timber-framed fort occupied in the first millennium B.c.;II the iron age or early historic dun;III the timber castle of the twelfth-thirteenth centuries;IV the stone castle of the late thirteenth century;V the hall of th…
Inchaffray Abbey, Perth & Kinross: Excavation and research, 1987
Archaeological excavations at Castle Sween, Knapdale, Argyll & Bute, 1989-90
Excavations have thrown light on the history and use of the castle from its construction, c. 1200, to the present day. A forge and kilns are evidence of industrial activity prior to 1650. Evidence for ranges of buildings within the courtyard amplifies previous descriptions of the castle. There are specialist reports on: `Coins' by Nicholas M McQ Holmes (533--4); `The ceramics' by D Caldwell & H Stewart (546--50); `The botanical remains' by T G Ho…
Excavations at Eyemouth, Berwickshire, in a mid 16th-century trace italienne fort
Eyemouth Fort (NGR NT 943649) on the east coast of Scotland is amongst the earliest trace italienne forts erected in the British Isles. Built by the English in September 1547, it was held by them until the summer of 1550. The site was reoccupied by the French in 1557, and a new line of fortifications was begun, but not completed before they were negotiated out in July 1559. This report presents an account of excavations carried out at Eyemouth Fo…
Finlaggan and the Lordship of the Isles: An Archaeological Approach
The National Museums of Scotland are undertaking a research excavation at Finlaggan on Islay, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. The strategic design for the programme envisages five seasons of work, the third of which was completed at the end of September 1992.1 The project owes its inception to the desire to demonstrate that archaeology can make useful contributions to our understand ing of an historical period in Scotland for which histo…
Aberdour Castle Gardens
Two early medieval timber buildings from Castle Hill, Peebles
NT 248803. ?Twelth century ditches and postholes: 1, circular ?tower (12.4m external diameter); 2, squarish structure (5m sides) with corner gap and four internal ?roof-bearing supports. D F R/Ed
Excavations at Stirling Castle 1977-1978
An excavation and survey were carried out on the Spur Battery and adjacent areas of Stirling Castle (NS/790940) over three phases of excavation. The subsequent findings conformed with the plans of the 16th-century ‘French Spur’ as illustrated by Slezer and Dury. Further evidence of the 16th-century defences was uncovered in the area adjacent to the Queen Anne Battery
Finlaggan and the Lordship of the Isles: An Archaeological Approach
The National Museums of Scotland are undertaking a research excavation at Finlaggan on Islay, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. The strategic design for the programme envisages five seasons of work, the third of which was completed at the end of September 1992.1 The project owes its inception to the desire to demonstrate that archaeology can make useful contributions to our understand ing of an historical period in Scotland for which histo…
Excavations at Eyemouth, Berwickshire, in a mid 16th-century trace italienne fort
Eyemouth Fort (NGR NT 943649) on the east coast of Scotland is amongst the earliest trace italienne forts erected in the British Isles. Built by the English in September 1547, it was held by them until the summer of 1550. The site was reoccupied by the French in 1557, and a new line of fortifications was begun, but not completed before they were negotiated out in July 1559. This report presents an account of excavations carried out at Eyemouth Fo…
Excavations at Stirling Castle 1977-1978
An excavation and survey were carried out on the Spur Battery and adjacent areas of Stirling Castle (NS/790940) over three phases of excavation. The subsequent findings conformed with the plans of the 16th-century ‘French Spur’ as illustrated by Slezer and Dury. Further evidence of the 16th-century defences was uncovered in the area adjacent to the Queen Anne Battery
Graveheart: Cult and burial in a Cistercian chapter house - excavations at Melrose, 1921 and 1996
The chapter house at Melrose was first excavated by the Ministry of Works in 1921, revealing asequence of burials including a heart burial, possibly that of Robert I. Part of the site was re-excavatedin 1996 by Kirkdale Archaeology for Historic Scotland in order to provide better information for thepresentation of the monument. This revealed that the building had expanded in the 13th century, theearly chamber being used as a vestibule. There was …
Auldhill, Portencross
Auldhill, on the Ayrshire coast of the Firth of Clyde, is a site with a very long history. Excavations were conducted there for a total of ten weeks in 1987, 1988 and 1989, and seven main phases were recognized, as follows: I the timber-framed fort occupied in the first millennium B.c.;II the iron age or early historic dun;III the timber castle of the twelfth-thirteenth centuries;IV the stone castle of the late thirteenth century;V the hall of th…
Two early medieval timber buildings from Castle Hill, Peebles
NT 248803. ?Twelth century ditches and postholes: 1, circular ?tower (12.4m external diameter); 2, squarish structure (5m sides) with corner gap and four internal ?roof-bearing supports. D F R/Ed
Excavations at Stirling Castle 1977-1978
An excavation and survey were carried out on the Spur Battery and adjacent areas of Stirling Castle (NS/790940) over three phases of excavation. The subsequent findings conformed with the plans of the 16th-century ‘French Spur’ as illustrated by Slezer and Dury. Further evidence of the 16th-century defences was uncovered in the area adjacent to the Queen Anne Battery
Two early medieval timber buildings from Castle Hill, Peebles
NT 248803. ?Twelth century ditches and postholes: 1, circular ?tower (12.4m external diameter); 2, squarish structure (5m sides) with corner gap and four internal ?roof-bearing supports. D F R/Ed
Aberdour Castle Gardens
Finlaggan and the Lordship of the Isles: An Archaeological Approach
The National Museums of Scotland are undertaking a research excavation at Finlaggan on Islay, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. The strategic design for the programme envisages five seasons of work, the third of which was completed at the end of September 1992.1 The project owes its inception to the desire to demonstrate that archaeology can make useful contributions to our understand ing of an historical period in Scotland for which histo…
Inchaffray Abbey, Perth & Kinross: Excavation and research, 1987
Archaeological excavations at Castle Sween, Knapdale, Argyll & Bute, 1989-90
Excavations have thrown light on the history and use of the castle from its construction, c. 1200, to the present day. A forge and kilns are evidence of industrial activity prior to 1650. Evidence for ranges of buildings within the courtyard amplifies previous descriptions of the castle. There are specialist reports on: `Coins' by Nicholas M McQ Holmes (533--4); `The ceramics' by D Caldwell & H Stewart (546--50); `The botanical remains' by T G Ho…
Excavations at Eyemouth, Berwickshire, in a mid 16th-century trace italienne fort
Eyemouth Fort (NGR NT 943649) on the east coast of Scotland is amongst the earliest trace italienne forts erected in the British Isles. Built by the English in September 1547, it was held by them until the summer of 1550. The site was reoccupied by the French in 1557, and a new line of fortifications was begun, but not completed before they were negotiated out in July 1559. This report presents an account of excavations carried out at Eyemouth Fo…
Auldhill, Portencross
Auldhill, on the Ayrshire coast of the Firth of Clyde, is a site with a very long history. Excavations were conducted there for a total of ten weeks in 1987, 1988 and 1989, and seven main phases were recognized, as follows: I the timber-framed fort occupied in the first millennium B.c.;II the iron age or early historic dun;III the timber castle of the twelfth-thirteenth centuries;IV the stone castle of the late thirteenth century;V the hall of th…
Carrick Castle: Symbol and source of Campbell power in south Argyll from the 14th to the 17th century
An intermittent series of archaeological investigations was conducted at Carrick Castle, over a 10year period, in tandem with repair and restoration of the building by its owner.Excavations focused on the barmkin (1985) and on deeply stratified deposits within the basement of the castle (1992-3; 1996).The 1996 work saw the complete excavation of the castle basement, revealing evidence of its late 14th-century origins, through to its intensive occ…
An Old Pentagonal Fort Built of Stone’: Excavation of the battery wall at Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland
In advance of a programme of conservation and restoration at Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland, all the gun positions (platforms and embrasures) along the seaward battery wall were accurately surveyed and archaeologically excavated. The work took place over three seasons, in 1993, 1994 and 1996. This paper reviews the documented history of the fort together with the archaeological evidence, in order to produce a structural history for the develop…
The Dupplin Cross: Recent investigations
Widespread public concern about the weathering of the Dupplin Cross resulted in its removal from its site in the parklands of Dupplin Castle to a sheltered environment at St Serf’s Church, Dunning. An archaeological investigation of the immediate environment of the cross was carried out as part of this operation. This paper describes the cross and its context in the royal and ecclesiastical milieu of the ninth century. Cartographic evidence shows…
Graveheart: Cult and burial in a Cistercian chapter house - excavations at Melrose, 1921 and 1996
The chapter house at Melrose was first excavated by the Ministry of Works in 1921, revealing asequence of burials including a heart burial, possibly that of Robert I. Part of the site was re-excavatedin 1996 by Kirkdale Archaeology for Historic Scotland in order to provide better information for thepresentation of the monument. This revealed that the building had expanded in the 13th century, theearly chamber being used as a vestibule. There was …
The fortifications of Fort George, Ardersier, near Inverness: Archaeological investigations 1990–2005
Fort George was built between 1748 and 1760 at Ardersier Point on the Moray Firth. Extensive contemporary documentation of the fort's construction survives in the archives of the Board of Ordnance. This paper describes archaeological fieldwork carried out during conservation works between 1990 and 2005. Excavation was undertaken on the East Front, the Point Battery at the western extremity, and the North and South Casemates. Work was also underta…
Argyll's Lodging, Stirling: Recent archaeological excavations and historical analysis
Excavation at Argyll's Lodging demonstrates the complex development of the present mansion from the early 17th century onwards, including its use as a military hospital. Excavations also took place on the site of the demolished south wing. Analysis of the historical development of the main house shows an expansion of the house and garden during the 17th century, with a later contraction of the property
Archaeology (11 works) · History (11 works) · History (11 works) · Excavation (9 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (8 works) · Art (6 works) · Historical Studies of British Isles (6 works) · Scottish History and National Identity (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works)