New evidence for the activities of Pictish potentates in Aberdeenshire

The hillforts of Strathdon

Bibliographic Data

ID11007726
AuthorsMurray Cook (corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume141
Pages207-229
Publication date2012-11-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0081-1564 • E-ISSN: 2056-743X
PublisherSociety of Antiquaries of Scotland (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.9750/psas.141.207.229
OpenAlexW2290109238
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited13

The hillforts of the north-east of Scotland have suffered from a lack of archaeological excavation and models have been developed and redeveloped on very little evidence. Underlining these paradigms was the assumption that the bulk of the sites in the area were prehistoric in origin. This paper presents the initial results of a programme of keyhole excavation that examined construction dates of the discrete cluster of hillforts in what, in this article, is called Strathdon. A brief precis of archaeological research in the area will be presented, together with the unenclosed sequence from the immediate environs and the contemporary historical record, before the early medieval results of the research are summarised and placed in a regional and national context. As the excavations were restricted so too is the discussion, the results established a chronological framework for the hillforts in question but did not explore function or environmental background

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Prehistory · Sequence (biology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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