ABCD: 1144

Crosskirk 66-72 Caithness

Site code:

1144

Site details:

Location: Crosskirk 66-72, Caithness, 1984, Highland, Scotland ND025701
Period: Iron Age?
Category: broch settlement
Notes: -
Topography: coastal clifftop
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Dickson C A and Dickson J H. 1984. The botany of Crosskirk Broch. 147-155. In: Fairhurst H. Excavations at Crosskirk Broch, Caithness 1966-1972. Soc. Antiq. Scotland Monograph Series No. 3. Edinburgh. Scotland, Highland

Processed by

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

JHD - Dickson, Dr James: Glasgow Univ Botany Dept

Sample: 1144a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.IA	Period 1	com	nr	Iron Age 5th-4thbc	?	?
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Avena sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Hordeum vulgare pro c 15 3 Chenopodium album pro c 1 1 Coniferae cwd c Q + 1 Erica cinerea lvs c 1 1 Erica tetralix lvs c 2 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 1 1 Pinus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Selaginella selaginoides mgs c 7 2 Stellaria media pro c 1 1

Sample: 1144b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH:RO:PC:PR.RB	Periods 2-	com	nr	?	-200	200
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Atriplex sp. pro w 1 1 Avena fatua flo c 2 1 Avena sp. awn c 2 1 Avena sp. pro c 3 1 Betula sp. cwd c Q + 1 Calliergon cuspidatum sht w T 45 3 Calluna vulgaris lvs c 35 3 Calluna vulgaris lvs w 30 3 Cardamine pratensis pro w 5 2 Carex sp. pro c 1 1 Carex sp. pro w 3 1 cf. Carduus sp. pro c 3 1 cf. Galium sp. pro w 2 1 cf. Hordeum vulgare pro c 8 2 Chenopodium album pro c 7 2 Chenopodium album pro w 3 1 Coniferae cwd c Q + 1 Corylus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Danthonia decumbens pro w 14 3 Drepanocladus Section Warnstorfia sht w 3 1 Empetrum nigrum lvs c 3 1 Erica cinerea lvs c 3 1 Erica cinerea pro w 3 1 Erica tetralix lvs c 29 3 Erica tetralix lvs w 95 4 Eriophorum sp. lvs w + 1 Eurhynchium sp. sht w 1 1 Galeopsis speciosa/tetrahit pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro c 3 1 Gramineae pro w 9 2 Hordeum vulgare awn c Q1 ++ 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 6 2 Hordeum vulgare rch c 36 3 Hylocomium splendens sht w 19 3 Hypnum cupressiforme sht w 11 3 Juncus squarrosus pro c 2 1 Juncus squarrosus pro w 1 1 Juniperus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Linum catharticum pro w 5 2 Linum usitatissimum pro w 1 1 Pinus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Plantago major pro c 1 1 Pleurozium schreberi sht w 2 1 Populus/Salix sp. cwd c Q + 1 Potentilla erecta pro w 67 4 Pteridium aquilinum lvs w + 1 Rhinanthus sp. pro w 2 1 Sagina sp. pro w 5 2 Salix repens lvs w + 1 Salix sp. bds w 12 3 Selaginella selaginoides mgs c 10 3 Selaginella selaginoides mgs w 8 2 Sorbus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Spergula arvensis pro c 2 1 Sphagnum Section Acutifolia sht w 1 1 Stellaria media pro c 13 3 Stellaria media pro w 10 3 Thuidium delicatulum/philibertii sht w 1 1 Thuidium tamariscinum sht w 1 1 Urtica dioica pro c 6 2 Urtica dioica pro w 85 4 Vaccinium microcarpum/oxycoccus lvs w 1 1

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