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Aberdeenshire Hillforts of Strathdon 207–29 Pictish Symbol Stones INDEX | 351 Index Area designations used in the index are the pre-1974 Scottish counties with current names in brackets where they differ from the old counties. Page numbers in bold indicate the subjects of chapters. ABERDEENSHIRE ANGUS (cont.) hillforts of Strathdon 207–29 Pictish symbol stones: Aberlemno 190, 191, Pictish symbol stones, Rhynie 172–4, 181, 183, 197–8; Glamis, Glamis Manse 178, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187 184, 185, 186, 187, 190, 198; Glamis, Hunter’s Aberlemno (Angus), Pictish symbol stones 190, 191, Hill 177–8, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190, 197–8 191, 198; Strathmartine 174–5, 182, 185, 186, Abernethie, John, pewterer 285, 291 187 Abernethie chopin 285 Anthony, D W 152–3, 156, 157 Ackergill (Caithness) Antrim (Ulster) cemeteries of platform cairns and long cists Dál Riata migration to Argyll 145–58 125–33, 134–8, 140; details of burials 135, early medieval settlements/fortified outcrops 146, 136–8 148, 150, 153–7 Pictish symbol stones 133–4 anvil stones, Gob Eirer, Lewis 55, 56, 57, 70 Adam, W 293, 306 Arcano, Archangelo, plan for fortification of Kelso Adomnán, Abbott of Iona 140, 146, 147 Abbey 271–5 agriculture ARGYLL (Argyll and Bute) Gob Eirer, Lewis 58, 62 Atlantic roundhouse at Loch Glashan 75–102 Loch Arthur crannog 118–19 Dál Riata migration to 145–58 Ahronson, K 162 Armit, I 20, 31, 33, 34, 56, 65, 66, 75, 77, 95, 96, Airs, M 322 156, 209, 211, 216, 218, 219, 222, 223, 224 Aitchison, N 177, 188, 197 Armour-Chelu, M 15 al Azm, A 39, 59, 60 Armoy (Co. Antrim), ring-headed pin 236, 238 Alcock, E A 200, 209, 218, 219 ash (Fraxinus), Gob Eirer, Lewis 62, 64 Alcock, L 152, 156, 200, 207, 208, 209, 221, Ashmore, P J 99, 134, 136 222 Ashmore, W 33, 48 alder (Alnus), Gob Eirer, Lewis 62, 64 Atherton, I 269 alder (Alnus) timbers, Loch Arthur crannog 106, Atkinson, D 209 108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 119 Atlantic settlements Alexander, D 125, 140, 209, 211, 213, 224 promontory enclosure, Gob Eirer, Lewis Allen, J R 133, 162, 163, 166, 170, 172, 175, 176, 31–74 177, 178, 181, 185 roundhouse at Loch Glashan, Argyll 75–102 Alnus (alder), Gob Eirer, Lewis 62, 64 Attman, A 320 Alnus (alder) timbers, Loch Arthur crannog 106, 108, Aufderheide, A C 13 110, 111, 114, 115, 119 Amman, J 288 Bagnoli, M 243 Anderson, A 222 Bailey, R 239 Anderson, J 129, 133, 162, 163, 166, 170, 172, 175, Bailey, R N 191, 200 176, 177, 178, 181, 185 Baine, James, master wright 302, 322 ANGUS Panmure House 300–1, 302–3, 307, 308, 309, hillforts 223–4 311–12, 313–15, 316–17, 318–19 Kettins cross-slab 168, 169, 170 Balblair (Inverness-shire), Pictish symbol stone Panmure House 293–326 figures 172, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187 352 | SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 2011 Balintoy Demesne (Co. Antrim), fortified Birkham, H 164, 189 outcrop 154, 155 Birkle Hills (Caithness), long cist cemetery 133, Ballin Smith, B 31 134 Ballin, T B 52–5 Birnie (Moray), early medieval brooch 236, 238 balls, Neolithic carved stone 19–29 Bishop, R R 63 Ballycastle (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 154 Black, S M 7 Ballycleagh (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 154 blackberry, Loch Arthur crannog 117 Ballynaglough (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 154 Blackmore, H L 271 Bamford, F 302 Blake, E 60 Bannerman, J 146, 147, 148, 149 Blanchard, L 264 Barber, J 9, 14, 34, 52 Boardman, S J 59 Barber, J W 105, 106–7, 118, 120 bog ore, Gob Eirer, Lewis 57 Barclay, A 96 Bogaard, A 115, 116 Barclay, G J 19 Bogwood, W 95, 96 Barclay-Estrup, P 62 Bonamargy (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 154 Barflat, Rhynie (Aberdeenshire), hillfort 213, 216, bones 219, 220, 221 animal, Gob Eirer, Lewis 40, 60 Barkin, K 289 burnt, Gob Eirer, Lewis 40, 45, 47, 60 barley (Hordeum sp.) human: early Neolithic burials, Sumburgh 5–15; Atlantic roundhouse, Loch Glashan 86 palaeopathological analysis 12–14; taphonomic Gob Eirer, Lewis 45, 48, 59, 61, 62–3, 65 assessment 9–12 Barmekin of Echt (Aberdeenshire), hillfort 213, 215 Bonnichsen, R 7 Barmkyn of North Keig (Aberdeenshire), hillfort Borsje, J 188 213, 215, 221 Boucaud, P 289 Barrett, J 31 Bourke, C 238, 239 Barrow, G W S 270 Bouteljie, J B 122 Barry, Sir Francis Tress 127–32, 134 Bowden, M 222 Batey, C 133, 140 Bowett, A 321 battlefield demons, Irish 188–91 Braby, A 236 Bauchop, Tobias and John, builders, Panmure bracken (Pteridium aquilinium) House 300, 312, 313 encroachment, Atlantic roundhouse, Loch bead, glass, Atlantic roundhouse, Loch Glashan 88, Glashan 91 93 Loch Arthur crannog 113, 115, 116 Beckett, J 15 Brain, C K 11 Beekhuizen, J F H H 288 bramble, Loch Arthur crannog 117 Behrensmeyer, A K 7 Brandal, T 319, 320 Benson, D 9 Branigan, K 33, 65 Betula (birch) Brassica (cabbage) Gob Eirer, Lewis 61–2, 64 Gob Eirer, Lewis 61, 63 Loch Arthur crannog 115, 116 Loch Arthur crannog 116 Bewcastle cross, iconography 239 Breadalbane brooch 245, 246 Bieler, L 149, 151 Breen (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 154 Bigelow, G F 138 Breeze, D 219, 223 Binford, L R 7 Bremner, Simon 127, 128, 132 birch (Betula) Brennand, M 211 Gob Eirer, Lewis 61–2, 64 Bressay cross-slab (Shetland) 164–7, 195 Loch Arthur crannog 115, 116 Brickley, M 15 bird-men, Papil Stone 159–60, 163–4 Brombacher, C 118 comparative studies: Irish motifs 167–70, 188–91, Bronk Ramsey, C 47, 48 194, 199, 200; Norse literature 200; Pictish Bronze Age: late Bronze Age/early Iron Age figures 168, 169, 170–8, 191–2, 199–200 promontory enclosure, Gob Eirer, Lewis 31–74 INDEX | 353 brooches, early medieval, iconography 231–48 ceramics see pottery Brooks, C M 251 cereal grains Broom More (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 154 Atlantic roundhouse, Loch Glashan 86 Brothwell, D R 5, 8 Gob Eirer, Lewis 39, 45, 59, 61, 62–3 Broun, D 209 Loch Arthur crannog 115, 116, 117 Brown, K M 322 chaff Bruce, Sir William, Panmure House 302, 312–13 Gob Eirer, Lewis 39, 59, 61, 62 Bruce-Mitford, R 173, 234, 236, 238, 241 Loch Arthur crannog 117, 118 Bruce’s Camp (Aberdeenshire), hillfort 213, Chalmers, P 141 215 charcoal Brück, J 66, 211 Gob Eirer, Lewis 40–1, 46, 47, 59, 61–2, 64 Bruford, A 209 Loch Arthur crannog 115, 116 Bryce, T H 135 Chenery, S 249, 255, 256, 264 Bugge, A 320, 321 Chenopodium album (fat hen), Loch Arthur Buikstra, J E 5, 14 crannog 116, 117 Burgess, C P G 33, 37, 63 Chesterman, J T 12 burials chickweed (Stellaria media), Loch Arthur Ackergill Links, Caithness 135, 136–8 crannog 116, 117 early Neolithic, Sumburgh: date 5; human remains Childe, V G 20, 95, 96, 150, 153 5–15; multiple burials 3, 5 chopins, tappit hen form 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, see also cemeteries 287–8 Bute quarts 285–7 Christian, K K 322 Christison, D 92, 96 cabbage (Brassica) Chrysanthemum segetum (corn marigold), Gob Eirer, Gob Eirer, Lewis 61, 63 Lewis 61, 63 Loch Arthur crannog 116 cists Cairnmore (Aberdeenshire), hillfort 213, 215, 216, long cists around Sinclair’s Bay, Caithness 219, 220, 221, 222 125–43 cairns, platform, around Sinclair’s Bay, Sumburgh, Shetland 4 Caithness 125–43 Clapham, A R 39 CAITHNESS (Highland), cemeteries of platform Clark, R 188 cairns and long cists around Sinclair’s Bay Clarke, D 211, 221, 234 125–43 Clarke, D V 20, 26, 27, 133 Calder, G 199 Cloghanmurry (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop Calder, J 19, 27 154 Callahan, E 54 Close-Brooks, J 105, 134, 138 Calluna vulgaris (heather) cobble tools, Gob Eirer, Lewis 55–8, 70 Gob Eirer, Lewis 40, 61–2, 63, 64 Coles, J 26 Loch Arthur crannog 116 Colgrave, B 146 Campbell, E 52, 56, 58, 93, 117, 145, 146, 147, 148, Collessie (Fife), Pictish symbol stone figure 174, 152, 156, 157, 221 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187 canoe, dug-out, Loch Arthur 105 Collis, J 222 Caple, C 120, 122 Colvin, H 269, 276 Carex spp. (sedge), Gob Eirer, Lewis 61, 63 Connor, R D 280, 323 Carey, J 188 Cordiner, C 177 Carnsampson (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 154 corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum), Gob Eirer, caryopsis, Atlantic roundhouse, Loch Glashan Lewis 61, 63 86 Corthals, J 188, 189 cemeteries, platform cairns and long cists, Sinclair’s Corylus (hazel) Bay, Caithness 125–43 Gob Eirer, Lewis 62, 64 comparative sites 138–40 Loch Arthur crannog 113, 116 354 | SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 2011 Corylus avellana (hazelnut) dental assessment, early Neolithic remains, Atlantic roundhouse, Loch Glashan 86 Sumburgh 8, 9 Gob Eirer, Lewis 61, 63 palaeopathology 13–14 Loch Arthur crannog 108, 110, 113, 114, dentine, radiocarbon dating 5, 6 116 Dickson, C A 39, 60, 63 Cottam, M 224 Dickson, J H 62, 63 Cotterell, H H 290 Dixon, N 119 Cowan, I B 274, 276 Dixon, T N 33, 117, 118 Cowley, D 224 Dobbs, M 209 Cox, E 250, 263 Dockrill, S J 48 cranium assessment, early Neolithic remains, Donnelly, C 157 Sumburgh 7, 8 Doonmore (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 150, 153, palaeopathology 13 154, 155, 156 crannog, Loch Arthur Driscoll, S 218, 221 monitoring phase 120–2 Drumadoon (Co. Antrim), fortified outcrop 150, 153, underwater survey and excavation 103–24 154, 155 Craw, J H 200 DuBois, T A 191 Crawford, B 162 Duday, H 15 Cree, J E 142 Duff-Dunbar, Katharine 140, 142 Crone, A 93, 321 Duff-Dunbar, Louise 127, 133–4, 141 Crone, B A 103, 105, 107, 110, 117, 118, 120 Dumville, D 146, 147, 148, 149, 151 cross-slabs Dunbar, J 295 Aberlemno 190, 191 Dunbar, J G 302, 309, 313, 323 Bressay 164–7, 195 Dunbar, L 209, 211 Dunfallandy 242 Dunbeath brooch, iconography 233–7, 245 Glamis 177–8, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, Duncan, A A M 152 190 Dunfallandy (Perthshire), cross-slab 242 Golspie 176–7, 182, 184 Dungworth, D 120 Papil Stone 159–205 Dunnideer (Aberdeenshire), hillfort 213, 215 Rossie Priory 175–6 duns 218 Skinnet Chapel, Caithness 241 classification 155 Thorwald’s, Isle of Man 191 Dunshammer (Co.
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