Iron Age Forts and Epic Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3238846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J R C Hamilton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 166 |
| Pages | 103-108 |
| Publication date | 1968-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00034074 |
| OpenAlex | W2221112550 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The excavation of the Clickhimin site in the Shetland Islands by the Ministry of Public Building and Works revealed the arrangement of living quarters inside a small stonebuilt fort occupied between the 4th and 1st centuries BC [I]. With the exception of a large communal stonebuilt hut in the centre of the enclosure, the inhabitants dwelt in a series of half-timbered storeyed ranges attached to the inner face of the fort wall (FIG. I). The pent-roofs of these ranges were supported by a dwarf, or casement, wall built on the wall walk, and access between the rooms at first-floor level and the walk was obtained through a series of doorways. Two stonebuilt duns in the Western Isles, Dun Ringill and Dun Grugaig, still retain the jambs of such doorways and at Clickhimin a similar door was preserved in the blockhouse guarding the fort entrance though here it led to a passage which gave access to a stair to the parapet walk at second-floor level [2
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Christian ministry · Civil engineering · Enclosure · EPIC · Excavation · Geography · Ground floor · Shetland · Telecommunications · Theology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Engineering · Forestry · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 2008 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |