Andrew Heald

Excavations on the site of a late Iron Age roundhouse and souterrain, Glen Cloy, Brodick, Isle of Arran

Archaeological monitoring during topsoil stripping of a hotel and leisure development site in Glen Cloy, Isle of Arran in 2001 revealed the presence of a well-preserved, substantial roundhouse and an associated complex souterrain. The discovery is significant in terms of the information it provides for the distribution of souterrains in Scotland generally and in the west in particular, and for settlement and craft activities on Arran in the late Iron Age. Dates obtained from the roundhouse suggest a construction date in the late 2nd or early 1st century BC.

Caithness Archaeological Project: excavations at Everley Broch, Freswick

Despite its rich and varied nature the archaeological record of Caithness remains peripheral to wider interpretations of the British Irori Age. Furthermore, information from antiquarian excavations in Caithness continues to be ignored. The Caithness Archaeological Project was initiated in J ~ i e 2000 with the first stage focussing 011 the re-analysis of the numerous Iron Age Atlantic roundhouses (or brochs) first