Low cairns, long cists and symbol stones
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11007237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Ashmore (corresponding author), Patrick J Ashmore |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Pages | 346-355 |
| Publication date | 1981-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0081-1564 • E-ISSN: 2056-743X |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.9750/psas.110.346.355 |
| OpenAlex | W2939503575 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 2 |
Low mounds surrounded by rectilinear or circular ditches and low rectilinear and circular kerbed cairns, both groups covering extended inhumation burials, represent a funerary tradition of the pre-Viking Iron Age, predominantly in N Scotland. Sometimes forming cemeteries, these mounds and cairns are loosely associated with Pictish symbol stones, and a possible origin in La Tène burial tradition is suggested. A R
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Symbol (formal · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Philosophy
A Pictish burial and Late Norse/Medieval settlement at Sangobeg, Durness, Sutherland
Excavation at Newton, Islay
Depicting the Dead
Excavation of Iron Age Burials at Corran, Boreray, Outer Hebrides
Excavations in the Dairy Park, Dunrobin, Sutherland, 1977
Excavation of a cairn cemetery at Lundin Links, Fife, in 1965-6
The excavation of a square-ditched barrow and other cropmarks at Boysack Mills, Inverkeilor, Angus
Excavations in the ceremonial complex of the fourth to 2nd millennium BC at Balfarg/Balbirnie, Glenrothes, Fife
A disturbed inhumation from Stain, Keiss, Caithness
Reconnaissance excavations on early historic fortifications and other royal sites in Scotland, 1974-84; 5
The Monumental Cemeteries of Northern Pictland
Hermisgarth, Sanday
Excavation of two burials at Galson, Isle of Lewis, 1993 and 1996
The land before symbol stones
Burial in Early Medieval Scotland
Warrior ideologies in first-millennium AD Europe
Picts and prehistory
Between prehistory and history
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2020 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |