The timber halls ex-cavated at Carnoustie between 2016 and 2017 are some of the most significant Neolithic discoveries in Scotland in recent decades, particularly considering that the bigger of the two halls is the largest of its period yet discovered…
We first brought you news of the discovery of two Neolithic halls at Carnoustie, Angus, back in 2019 when the first radiocarbon dates had come through, confirming their prehistoric date (see CA 350). Now the post-excavation analysis has concluded, revealing…
Bayesian statistical modelling of a series of radiocarbon dates from the Neolithic site of Dorstone Hill, in south- west Herefordshire (recently published in Antiquity: ), suggests that it may represent some of the earliest Neolithic activity in the West Midlands,…
The quartz was brought to Dorstone Hill as whole crystals, which were then worked into smaller flakes, blades, and cores.
Durham University investigations have revealed previously unknown aspects of the 7th-century settlement.
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