Dawn McLaren
University of Edinburgh
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Scottish Archaeological Journal | 2007
Ronan Toolis; Ruby Cerón-Carrasco; Rob Engl; Allan Hall; Fraser Hunter; Robin Inglis; Ann MacSween; Dawn McLaren; Marco Madella; Terry O'Connor; Catherine Smith
In early 2005 a cluster of orthostat stones was exposed by coastal erosion at Meur, Sanday, Orkney. The excavation revealed a stone trough within the centre of an open space defined by walls. It was associated with at least one compartment and a secondary corbelled cistern with an overflow drain and was surrounded by a mound of dark soil and burnt stones. This burnt mound structure, comparable with other burnt mounds in the Northern Isles, was occupied at some time between the late 2nd millennium and the mid 1st millennium BC. The evidence from Meur and its comparison with evidence from elsewhere strongly indicates cooking as the primary function of this burnt mound. It is proposed that such cooking took the form of communal feasts that served to optimise the limited resources of the islands land holdings and so maintain social cohesion. This accords with evidence from elsewhere on Sanday for social and economic stability throughout this period.
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society | 2012
Gordon Noble; Moira Greig; Kirsty Millican; Sue Anderson; Ann Clarke; Melanie Johnson; Dawn McLaren; Alison Sheridan
This report outlines the unexpected discovery of a group of Late Neolithic structures at Greenbogs, Monymusk in Aberdeenshire, along with a series of later prehistoric features in the mid-1990s. Recent radiocarbon dating shows that two four-post timber structures found here date to the period 2890–2490 cal bc. These were found in association with a range of other features including an oval structure and diffuse areas of burning. The closest parallels for the four-post structures can be found in a slowly growing body of Late Neolithic timber structures, some being interpreted as roofed dwellings and others as roofed or unroofed monuments. This article places the Greenbogs structures in their wider context, identifies a number of unexcavated parallels in the aerial record and addresses the nature of the four-post structures found across Late Neolithic Britain and Ireland and suggests that four-post structures were a more common element of Late Neolithic architecture than previously identified. A common building type appears to have been shared across large areas of Britain and Ireland in a variety of contexts, from the seemingly mundane to the more ‘charged’, as part of elaborate monument complexes. The later prehistoric features identified at Greenbogs include a concentration of Middle Bronze Age features including graves containing cremated human bones, one with an upright urn, and a number of Iron Age pits and other features.
Scottish Archaeological Journal | 2007
George Mudie; Fraser Hunter; Andrew Heald; Dawn McLaren; Torben Bjarke Ballin; Adam Jackson; Stephen Lancaster; Mike Cressey
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.
Archive | 2008
Dawn McLaren; Fraser Hunter
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | 2006
Ian Suddaby; Alison Sheridan; Torben Bjarke Ballin; Hattie Hammersmith; Andrew Heald; Dawn McLaren
Scottish Archaeological Journal | 2016
Dawn McLaren; Donald Wilson; Rob Engl; Alan Duffy; Kathleen MacSweeney; Alison Sheridan; Lore Troalen; Graeme Carruthers; Jamie Humble
Scottish Archaeological Journal | 2015
Dawn McLaren; Donald Wilson; Melissa Melikian; Fraser Hunter; Lore Troalen
Archive | 2018
Martin Cook; Andy Heald; Anthony Krus; Dawn McLaren; Matt Ritchie; Katie Roper
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | 2017
Moira Greig; Sue Anderson; Ann Clarke; Michael Cressey; Jacqueline McKinley; Dawn McLaren
Archive | 2017
Fraser Hunter; Dawn McLaren; Gemma Cruickshanks