Monument record 2151 - BORVE

NF60SE 37 667 008.

Site B.54, discovered in survey in 1988, is an oval mound surrounded by a kerb, and enclosed within a larger oval kerb about 70m along its axis. Sampling excavation was undertaken at the southern end of the mound to determine the nature and if possible the date of the monument.
Although the mound had been lazy-bedded and used for cultivation in modern times, a stone-walled circular hut was partially preserved under the mounds of the lazy-bedding. The hut was about 3.75m diameter internally with a wall about l m wide. A thin occupation deposit was associated with the hut from which sherds of both thin- and thick-walled vessels were recovered together with four pieces of flint. A slab- covered drain, preserved for only about 2m of its length ran outside the hut and was probably contemporary.
The hut was found to be built immediately on top of a lower occupation deposit with which was associated a well-paved and well-worn path and an area of densely-packed cobbles. There were also traces of a substantial stone structure which had been largely destroyed (perhaps robbed for the overlying hut?). Over 200 sherds from this lower deposit were mainly from thick-walled vessels including flat-rimmed and flat-based jars thought to be on the LBA/ EIA borderline.
Sponsor: University of Sheffield.
K Branigan 1994b.

K Branigan, 1994b, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 94 (Bibliographic reference). SWE34018.