ABCD: 1014

Dundurn 76-7 Crieff/Lochearnhead

Site code:

1014

Site details:

Location: Dundurn 76-7, Crieff/Lochearnhead, 1989, Tayside, Scotland NN711232
Period: 7th C AD
Category: pictish stronghold/fort
Notes: possibly a ditch or hollow on edge of fort used as midden
Topography: craggy hill on valley side
Condition: waterlogged
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Dickson J H and Brough D W. 1989. Biological studies of a Pictish midden 155-66. In: Korber-Grohne U (ed) 1989. Archaobotanik. Dissertationes Botanicae. 133. Scotland, Tayside

Processed by

CAD - Dickson, Camilla: Glasgow Univ (nee Lambert)

DB1 - Brough, D W: Dept Botany, Glasgow Univ

JHD - Dickson, Dr James: Glasgow Univ Botany Dept

Sample: 1014a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS	DN426	dump	organic	7thcAD,Pictish	320	680
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: dumped flooring & domestic refuse Archaeological interpretion: midden
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus glutinosa pro w Q 1 1 Alopecurus sp. pro w Q 2 1 Betula pubescens cts w Q 4 1 Betula pubescens pro w Q 4 1 Calliergon cordifolium sht w Q 1 1 Calliergon cuspidatum sht w Q 1 1 Carex sp. pro w QP 5 2 Dicranum scoparium sht w Q 1 1 Eurhynchium schleicheri sht w QX 3 1 Festuca sp. pro w QP 1 1 Glyceria fluitans pro w Q 1 1 Hylocomium splendens sht w Q 4 1 Hypnum cupressiforme sht w Q 2 1 Isothecium myurum sht w Q 1 1 Juncus effusus pro w Q 5 2 Leucodon sciuroides sht w Q 1 1 Neckera complanata sht w Q 1 1 Neckera crispa sht w Q 2 1 Phalaris arundinacea pro w Q 1 1 Plagiomnium cf. affine sht w Q 1 1 Polytrichum commune sht w Q 1 1 Potamogeton polygonifolius pro w Q 1 1 Prunus avium pro w Q 2 1 Pseudoscleropodium purum sht w Q 1 1 Pteridium aquilinum pin w Q 5 2 Ranunculus acris pro w Q 1 1 Ranunculus repens pro w Q 2 1 Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus sht w Q 3 1 Rubus idaeus pro w Q 2 1 Thuidium tamariscinum sht w Q 4 1

Sample: 1014b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
ND	DN110	nr	nr	7thcAD,Pictish	320	680
Context integrity: 0 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: no sample info Archaeological interpretion: no context info
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 1 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 2 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c N 1 1

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