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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunragit Cursus - Cursus in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by mickm on Friday, 18 July 2014  Page Views: 10284

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunragit Cursus Alternative Name: Old Luce Cursus
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Stranraer  Nearest Village: Dunragit
Map Ref: NX14975745
Latitude: 54.877476N  Longitude: 4.885589W
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Dunragit Cursus
Dunragit Cursus submitted by mickm : Overhead view of the arc of enormous postholes that form the NE terminal of the cursus, looking south taken at the end of the 2001 season. At the top right hand corner the artificial mound known as the Droughduil Mote, but now thought to be a mini Silbury Hill can be seen against the trees. The cursus runs through a huge concentric triple timber cicle which had an avenue running due south directly... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cursus in Dumfries and Galloway

A pit defined cursus monument. Part of a huge Neolithic/Bronze Age complex discovered by aerial photography in 1992. Excavations of the site were carried out by a team from Manchester University, directed by Julian Thomas between 1999-2002.

This Neolithic cursus is recorded as Canmore ID 78925, which contains a number of aerial photographs.

NMR No. NX15NW 76 .04

Note: Earliest houses, Bronze Age cremations and tools found by archaeologists in Scotland. See comment below.
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Dunragit Cursus
Dunragit Cursus submitted by mickm : One of the postholes partially excavated during 2001 season. This one was found to have a diameter of 1.7metres and had contained a post about 0.5metres in diameter. Some of the packing stones for the post are visible to either side of the pit, whilst the charcoal remains of the base of the post can be seen to middle. All the pits of the terminal exhibited a similar sequence, erection of huge post... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Earliest houses, Bronze Age cremations, tools found by archaeologists near Dunragit by bat400 on Friday, 18 July 2014
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A Neolithic home which is south-west Scotland’s earliest known house, two cemeteries carrying 20 Bronze Age cremations, a pair of rare jet necklaces and thousands of flint tools used in Mesolithic coastal industries have been discovered during the creation of a bypass in Dumfries and Galloway.

Work on the new Dunragit intersection has uncovered a huge variety of artefacts from 7,000 years of Scottish history. Criss-crossing palaeochannels on the edge of a former estuary obscured a house which is thought to date from 6000 BC, accompanied by a perforated stone adze used to work wood.

The remains of Neolithic dwellers are thought to come from a nearby ceremonial complex excavated by Manchester University diggers more than a decade ago, unearthing three concentric rings of timber posts initially spotted through aerial photography.

No bone survived in either of the cists the necklaces were found in, although archaeologists are planning chemical tests to deduce whether the bodies had been removed from graves or ritually deposited during the late third and second millennia BC.

They say the necklaces are of “exceptional” quality, originating from Yorkshire in the first examples of their kind to be found in Scotland during recent times.

Of the 20 cremations, the remains of an adult were carried by one wholly intact urn. Three barrows were excavated, with a very finely serrated transverse flint blade piquing “particular interest” from the investigators.

Six Iron Age roundhouses point to only the second Iron Age village ever found in Galloway, dating from around 2,000 years ago and containing evidence of metalworking and a Romano-British Iron Age brooch. Experts observed uncertainty over the impact the Romans had on the community, having used a Roman road which passes close to the site.

The new bypass route, the A75, was chosen to avoid disturbing archaeology and cropmarks. The remains were discovered during the removal of topsoil.

Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, see http://www.culture24.org.uk
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