White Castle: The Evaluation of an Upstanding Prehistoric Enclosure in East Lothian
By (author) David Connolly By (author) Murray Cook By (author) Hana Kdolska
Paperback (Published)
(March 2021)
ISBN: 9781789699302
7.99 x 10.91 inches
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This book describes the results of a four-year research programme of archaeological works (2010-3), at the later prehistoric enclosure of White Castle, East Lothian. The excavations demonstrated a clear sequence of enclosure development over time, whereby the design and visual impact often appeared to be more important than defence a
White Castle: The evaluation of an upstanding prehistoric enclosure in East Lothian describes the results of a four year research programme of archaeological works between 2010 and 2013, at the later prehistoric enclosure of White Castle, East Lothian, carried out under the auspices of the Rampart Scotland project. The site is a Scheduled Monument, but, despite being subject of mapping and survey for some 200 years, it has never been examined by excavation prior to the Rampart Scotland project’s interventions. White Castle was the first of the series of comparable sites to be excavated in the Lammermuir area. The programme of archaeological evaluation and sequence of radiometric dates furnished evidence for four major phases of activity at White Castle – with the main enclosure period dating to the second half of the first millennium BC. The excavations demonstrated a clear sequence of enclosure development over time, whereby the design and visual impact often appeared to be more important than defence alone. White Castle’s location on the main route through the Lammermuirs with surrounding upland pasture is also highly suggestive to its function and it seems probable that the site’s economy was concerned primarily with controlling access to grazing. The final phase of the prehistoric enclosure appears to combine two key factors: impressing visitors and stock control. While maintenance of White Castle’s enclosure system was abandoned in the closing centuries BC, it is unlikely that the area was deserted and there is also limited evidence for two later phases of activity on site around the Medieval and Early Modern Periods.
1. Abstract ;
2. Introduction ;
3. Study Area ;
4. White Castle Location ;
5. Archaeological Background ;
6. Research Questions ;
7. Methodology ;
8. Topographic and Geophysical Survey Results ;
9. Excavation Results ;
10. Post-excavation ;
11. Interpretation and Discussion ;
12. Conclusion ;
Acknowledgments ;
Bibliography ;
Map references ;
Appendix 1: Calibrated and uncalibrated dates from Enclosed sites in East Lothian
David Connolly MCIfA, FSA Scot has had a long career in archaeology since 1981. Being one of the pioneers of buildings archaeology, land survey and a qualified drone pilot, he is always at the forefront of developing new techniques of archaeological recording. Since 1999, David devotes his time to running British Archaeological Jobs Resource (BAJR) and its fieldwork arm, CHC Heritage. ;
Dr Murray Cook, MA Hons, MCIfA FSA Scot is Stirling Council’s Archaeologist, an Honorary Research Fellow at Stirling University, and co-director of Rampart Scotland
Hana Kdolska MA, MSc is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh; since 2015 she has participated and run archaeological projects in the UK and the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (UAE). In 2020, she joined BAJR and CHC Heritage as a co-director.
- By (author) David Connolly
- By (author) Murray Cook
- By (author) Hana Kdolska
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