Inverness Iron Age remains hailed as crucial
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Ancient Village or SettlementInternal Links:
The remains of a 2000-year-old city have been discovered under Inverness and it is being hailed as one of the most important recent discoveries in Scotland.
The find near Inverness Royal Academy was uncovered by a team who spent almost a year excavating the remains of seven large roundhouses and almost a dozen iron kilns.
Last year The Inverness Courier revealed the team from Headland Archaeology had uncovered the ancient city's "industrial estate" where iron was smelted, bronze was cast and glass was produced.
But at the weekend, at the final event of the Highland Archaeology Fortnight, archaeologist Ross Murray gave further details about what he and his colleagues had discovered so far about the city that once stood at the eastern end of the Great Glen.
"It would certainly have been of national importance and known internationally,” he said.
"They had a large industrialised production setup and would have been producing goods for trade with other countries."
Among the items found below a site near Inverness Royal Academy, now being developed by Tulloch Homes, were part of a bronze horse harness, an enamelled bronze brooch, dozens of woodworking tools and a large iron sword.
"It has been a privilege to work on this remarkable site,” Mr Murray told an audience at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel on Church Street.
"We found boxes upon boxes of iron and bronze objects and these are all at the National Museum of Scotland being analysed.
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