The medieval Kirk, cemetery and hospice at Kirk Ness, North Berwick : the Scottish Seabird Centre excavations 1999-2006 / / Thomas Addyman, Tanja Romankiewicz, Kenneth Macfadyen, Alasdair Ross and Nicholas Uglow ; with specialist contributions by John Borland [and twenty-one others]

• Autore: Addyman Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Oakville : , : Oxbow Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.3/6
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology, Medieval - Scotland - North Berwick; Excavations (Archaeology) - Scotland - North Berwick
• Soggetto geografico: North Berwick (Scotland) Antiquities
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures in Text; List of Tables in Text; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; This publication; Topography; Geology; The site; Historical introduction; Archaeological works in 1999-2006; Chapter 2: Iron Age; The archaeological evidence; Discussion; Chapter 3: Kirk Ness in the Early Medieval Period; Introduction; Phase 2a: Early structure (5th-early 7th centuries); Phase 2b: The corn-dryingkiln (mid 7th-early 9th centuries); Phase 2c: The use of the open area to the west of the early building ; Phase 2d: Post-built structures within the upper levels of the cultivation soilsAnglian Kirk Ness? - An archaeological and historical contextualisation; Chapter 4: Kirk Ness in the Medieval and Early Post-Reformation Period; Introduction; Historical context; Earlier cartographic sources for the church; Earlier antiquarian sources for the church; Later commentary and discovery; James Richardson and the excavation of the old kirk site in 1951-2; Circumstances and progress of the 1951-2 excavation; The architecture and archaeology of St Andrew's Kirk - a synthesis; Church artefacts ; Burials within the church and the surrounding cemeteryEvidence for the hospital and domestic occupation in the later medieval period; Chapter 5: Kirk Ness - Later History; Introduction; The demise of the old kirk; Continuing coastal erosion; The impact of quarrying on the foreshore; Later archaeological remains at the north end of Anchor Green; A small and decayed burgh?; A question of ownership and proprietorial improvements; The boatyard; The Rocket Patrol; The Biarritz of the north; Consolidation and presentation of the old kirk site: 1954-6 and 1977 ; The building of the Scottish Seabird CentreChapter 6: Conclusion; Extent of the site; Archaeological survival; The significance of excavated remains and further archaeological potential; In conclusion; Appendices: Specialists Reports; Appendix B: Coarse stone, vitrified material and lead; Appendix E: Metal, worked bone and the weapon used to stab SK605; Appendix F: Small finds from James Richardson's excavation, now held at East Lothian Council Museums Services; Appendix G: Textile covering button; Appendix I: The human remains; Appendix J: The mammal and bird bones ; Appendix L: Palaeoenvironmental sample assessmentAppendix M: Analysis of soil thin sections; Appendix N: Radiocarbon dating, Marine Reservoir Effect (MRE), and Bayesian modelling; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Between 1999-2006 Addyman Archaeology carried out extensive archaeological excavations on the peninsular site of Kirk Ness, North Berwick, during the building, landscaping and extension of the Scottish Seabird Centre. This book presents the results of these works but its scope is much broader. Against the background of important new discoveries made at the site it brings together and re-examines all the evidence for early North Berwick - archaeological, historical, documentary, pictorial and cartographic - and includes much previously unpublished material. An essential new resource, it opens a
• Titolo autorizzato: The medieval Kirk, cemetery and hospice at Kirk Ness, North Berwick
• ISBN: 1-84217-845-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910552996803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II