A dark and mysterious place: excavations of an Iron Age settlement at Auchrannie, Brodick. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Williamson, Claire
• Is Part Of: Scottish archaeological journal. Volume 39:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 34
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: Iron Age -- souterrain -- roundhouse -- Arran -- metalworking; Archaeology -- Periodicals; Scotland -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; 936.11
• DOI: 10.3366/saj.2017.0077
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-5767

Abstract

Abstract : An extension to the accommodation of the Spa Resort at Auchrannie, Brodick, required the excavation of the remaining elements of a roundhouse and souterrain which had been partially excavated prior to the construction of the Spa Resort itself. These follow-up excavations revealed that the retained southern half of the roundhouse had been badly truncated through agricultural land use, while the souterrain passages remained largely intact, revealing evidence for timber- and stone-lined sections, and a group of overlapping pits and shallow passages at one end. While one of the passages appeared to have been infilled during, or not long after, the 2 nd century AD, the other was not backfilled until the medieval period, possibly being left open as a void until this time. Other dates also pointed to continued reuse of portions of the site on a much smaller scale throughout later periods.