Document record MAB61859 - DALLADIES

Site of a settlement.

Site of a settlement. An apparently random series of ditches, pits and post-holes cut into the gravel of a terrace was revealed during strippng prior to quarrying in 1967. They had been deliberatley refilled, shortly after construction, by a rich dark soil containing quantities of charcoal and cremated bone.The ditches were all different, varying in size, cross-section, length, plan and content and the fact that they were dug separately, at intervals, with no respect for earlier refilled features. Some contained timber post structures, which were usually removed before refilling. Deposits of animal bones and shells occur and pottery sherds of late 1st - early 2nd century (Roman, Romano British, imported ware and one sherd of native ware), iron objects, mostly nails, traces of metal-working debris and rotary querns were found. The settlement comprised of at least 8 timber round-houses and a number of souterrain-like structures.

Period Notes
1st and 3rd C BC are dates from souterrains. C14 date of ad 16 +/- 50 came from a ditch. From the floor of a hut 197 +/- 60 bc. SRR-286 charcoal from the purposeful back-fill of f18, a deep narrow ditch-like feature - 1990 BP +/- 40 (which equals 94 BC - 120 AD at 2 sigma): SRR-287 carbonised barley from layers of charcoal and charred grain and a little burnt bone from f2.1 (from f 2.3 according to SRR date list), a hearth pit cut into the edge of a refilled ditch in the Group 2 complex - 1450 BP +/- 70 (which equals 430 AD - 679 AD at 2 sigma): SRR-288 carbonised young twigs from the back-fill of ditch feature 12, which consisted of a large ramp and a rectangular chamber at an angle to it, like a small souterrain in the Group 2 complex - 1940 BP +/- 50 (which equals 47 BC - 212 AD at 2 sigma). SRR-526 Charcoal from deliberate refill at.75m depth (f2.2) in the Group 2 complex 1970 BP +/- 40 (which equals 49 BC - 125 AD at 2 sigma). SRR-527 Charcoal from the deliberate refill near floor in dry-stone structure of the long narrow ditch feature f307 2150 BP +/- 50 (which equals 361 BC - 52 BC at 2 sigma).

KC/923-4 (1972), KC/923-4 (1972) (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15338.

WATKINS, T, 1972, D & E, 55, 55 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2049.

WATKINS, T, 1980, PSAS 110(1978-80) 122-64, 122-64 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2048.

ARMIT, I, 2000, THE ABANDONMENT OF SOUTERAINS: EVOLUTION, CATASTROPHE OR DISLOCATION? IN PSAS 129 (1999), 577-596 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8747.

Jul 22 2008 , AAS/08/3/DG0105, AAS/08/3/DG0105 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB19822.

May 1 1980 , AJ 4-5, AJ 4-5 (Ground Photograph). SAB15339.

RCAHMS, n.d., S KINC LIST, No 149 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1512.

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