MHG6892 - Enclosure (Roman?) Holme Rose
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (5)
- DEFENDED ENCLOSURE (Roman to Medieval - 79 AD to 1559 AD)
- FURNACE (Undated)
- BUILDING (Undated)
- TOWER (Undated)
- PIT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC) + Sci.Date
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
S side and parts of E and W sides of a rectilinear enclosure are revealed as crop-marks in a field 300m N of Easter Galcantray. A gap at centre of the S side marks the position of the entrance.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978.
Trial excavated by Professor Jones in 1985. Large Roman type ditch c. 4m wide and 3m deep, uncovered. Part of gate with three post holes, c. 30cm square, excavated. Small piece of Roman coarse ware found with burnt material at bottom of ditch.
G D B Jones and I Keillar 1984; 1985.
Further excavation confirms general Roman appearance of ditch. Evidence of manual backfilling. Many square post holes, massively chocked, in interior of site. The only pottery which is easily identifiable appears to be medieval. Topographical and geological investigations continue. Carbon-14 dates awaited. Further work necessary to conclusively establish the character of this site.
G D B Jones and I Keillar 1986.
Excavation for Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne Universities was directed by Professor G D B Jones and Messrs C M Daniels and I Keillar. At the SW angle the ditch was found to be c 3.6m wide with an upper filling of river-boulders. Within, the rampart-base was formed of a spread of cobbles in which were set the eight large post-pits of an angle-tower measuring 4.6 by 4.9m. The pits were c. 0.9m in diameter; the posts had been removed. Behind the tower lay an area of iron clinker and signs of at least three furnace bottoms. In the interior, close to the river-bank, elements of rectilinear timber buildings were noted.
S S Frere 1986.
Further excavation has revealed a gateway 4.3m wide flanked by three posts on each side. Within, a rectangular timber structure
represented by post-holes or post-pads ran N-S on W side of the road; it was 7.3m wide and at least 24.4m long, with a third row of smaller posts 2.7m to W. The building appears to be undivided internally. On E side of the road part of another similar structure was uncovered. No arteficial evidence of date was found save that sherds of medieval pottery were found over ditch-filling; but a C14 date of 1880 +/- 20 BP has been obtained from charcoal by Groningen Isotopic Laboratory, giving a calibrated date of AD 80-130. The charcoal came from demolition deposits in western ditch.
S S Frere 1987.
A third season's work by Manchester and Newcastle Universities uncovered curved SW corner of the ditch. Massive post holes indicate the probability of a corner tower while the cobbling and revetting is of good quality.
G D B Jones and I Keillar 1987.
The fourth season's work confirmed existence of a corner tower. Charcoal was obtained from several of the holes and dating is in progress. A blue melon bead was found in one of the post holes. A resistivity survey showed the presence of an oblique defensive structure shielding the entrance. Three very small pieces of coarse pottery were found.
G D B Jones and I Keillar 1988.
The fifth season's work uncovered a cobbled road-like surface behind southern ditch. The post-hole pattern outlined a building some 21m long. A final season's work is planned for next year.
G D B Jones and I Keillar 1989c.
Further work in 1990 uncovered many additional post holes.
G D B Jones and I Keillar.
The excavation results were pulished as a PSAS article in 2001. See link below. <1>
Sources/Archives (47)
- --- SHG10050 Image/Photograph(s): Roman Fort? E. Galcantray '85, T1. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10051 Image/Photograph(s): Roman Fort? E. Galcantray '85, T3. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10052 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, ditch terminal. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10053 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, section of ditch terminal. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10054 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray,. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10056 Image/Photograph(s): Roman Fort? E. Galcantray '85, T1. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10057 Image/Photograph(s): Roman Fort? E. Galcantray, '85 T1, final cleaning. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10058 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, bit of Roman? pot. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10059 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, post holes of 'Gatehouse'. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10060 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, Edge og Roadway?. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10062 Image/Photograph(s): Roman Fort ?, E. Galcantray '85, T4,Gate postholes. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10063 Image/Photograph(s): Roman Fort ?, E. Galcantray '85, T4/3. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10064 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, Ditch section. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10065 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, ditch terminal at entrance. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10068 Image/Photograph(s): Roman Fort ? E. Galcantray '85, T3/4. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10069 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, gen. view of '85 Excavations. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10070 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. Galcantray, ditch section. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG10071 Image/Photograph(s): Fort? E. galcantray, Ditch terminal. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG117 Text/Publication/Article: Maxwell and Wilson, G S and D R. 1987. 'Air reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-84', Britannia Vol. 18 1987, p.1-48. Britannia. 1-48. 34.
- --- SHG1434 Text/Publication/Article: Frere, S S. 1986. 'Roman Britain in 1985. I. Sites explored', Britannia Vol. 17 1986, p.363-427. Britannia. 363-427. 370.
- --- SHG1435 Text/Publication/Article: Frere, S S. 1987. 'Roman Britain in 1986. I. Sites explored', Britannia Vol. 18 1987, p.301-59. Britannia. 301-59. 309.
- --- SHG1436 Text/Publication/Article: Frere, S S. 1988. 'Roman Britain in 1987. I. Sites explored', Britannia Vol. 19 1988, p.415-84. Britannia. 415-84. 425.
- --- SHG1437 Text/Publication/Article: Frere, S S. 1989. 'Roman Britain in 1988. I Sites explored', Britannia Vol. 20 1989, p.257-326. Britannia. 257-326. 265.
- --- SHG1445 Text/Publication/Article: Jones, B. 1986. 'Roman military site at Cawdor?: excavation of Cawdor, Nairn', Popular Archaeol Vol. 7 April 1986, p.13-15. Popular Archaeol. 13-15. 13-15.
- --- SHG1713 Text/Publication/Article: Keillar, I. 1986. 'The Roman Fort at Cawdor, Nairn', Scot Archaeol Gazette Vol. 11 1986, p.9-10. Scot Archaeol Gazette. 9-10. 9-10.
- --- SHG2672 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 15, No. 105.
- --- SHG27232 Text/Publication/Article: Richard A Gregory. 2001. Excavations by the late G D B Jones and C M Daniels along the Moray Firth littoral. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 131. 177-222. Digital.
- --- SHG4025 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4026 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4027 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4220 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4221 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4222 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4223 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4224 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4225 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4721 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG698 Text/Publication/Article: Jones and Keillar, G D B and I. 1984. 'Easter Galcantray (Cawdor p) cropmark', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1984, p.14. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 14. 14.
- --- SHG699 Text/Publication/Article: Jones and Keillar, G D {B} and I. 1990. 'Easter Galcantray (Croy & Dalcross parish), post holes', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1990, p.24. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 24. 24.
- --- SHG700 Text/Publication/Article: Jones and Keillar, G D B and I. 1988. 'Easter Galcantray (Croy and Dalcross p) ditch, post holes', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1988, p.15. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 15. 15.
- --- SHG701 Text/Publication/Article: Jones and Keillar, G D B and I. 1987. 'Easter Galcantray (Croy and Dalcross p) ditch, post holes, c 14 date', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1987, p.27. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 27. 27.
- --- SHG702 Text/Publication/Article: Jones and Keillar, G D B and I. 1986. 'Easter Galcantray (Croy and Dalcross p) ditch, post holes, pottery', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1986, p.18. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 18. 18.
- --- SHG703 Text/Publication/Article: Jones and Keillar, G D B and I. 1985. 'Easter Galcantray (Croy and Dalcross p)', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1985, p.27. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 27. 27.
- --- SHG704 Text/Publication/Article: Jones and Keillar, G D B and I. 1989. 'Easter Galcantray (Croy and Dalcross parish), ditch, post-holes', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1989, p.29. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 29. 29.
- --- SHG913 Text/Publication/Article: Keillar, I. 1986. ''In fines Borestorum': to the land of the Boresti', Popular Archaeol Vol. 7 April 1986, p.2-9. Popular Archaeol. 2-9. 9.
- --- SHG9397 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council. 1983?. Fort? E. Galcantray, ditch section. Colour Slide; Digital Image. . Original & digital.
- <1> SHG27232 Text/Publication/Article: Richard A Gregory. 2001. Excavations by the late G D B Jones and C M Daniels along the Moray Firth littoral. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 131. 177-222. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8100 4830 (80m by 80m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH84NW |
| Civil Parish | CROY AND DALCROSS |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
Finds (2)
- VESSEL (Undated)
- BEAD (Undated)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (2)
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_131/131_177_222.pdf (Link to published report online)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15033 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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