EAB1418 - Excavation 1989 - LOCHTON QUARRY, WARDEND OF DURRIS

Excavation in February and November 1989 further recorded evidence of a Neolithic settlement and a multi-phase Iron Age settlement. In excavation 1988-9 a total of 231 soil samples, representing 176 soil contexts, were processed for the recovery of dating material, charred plant remains and any other environmental or artefactual material. A total of 125 samples produced charred plant remains. These encompass more than 20 major site features but the number of components from individual contexts was very low. The origins and importance of species in individual samples are therefore hard to assess. Species represented include barley, wheat, oat and flax. Wild edible plants are represented by robust hazel nutshell fragments, and by some of the smaller seeds, e.g. wild radish. Director: C. RUSSELL-WHITE Fund: HS