EXCAVATIONS AT HODDOM, DUMFRIESSHIRE : AN EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL SITE IN SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Chris Lowe | 240 pages | 01 Jan 2006 | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | 9780903903394 | English | Edinburgh, United Kingdom Excavations at Hoddom, Dumfriesshire : An Early Ecclesiastical Site in South-west Scotland PDF Book Approximate Location Map. Create a Want BookSleuth Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Their hearting is formed of small stones thrown in loosely and firmly cemented by a very hard and closegrained grouting. This site has survived due to sand-blow covering the site. Patrick Maxwell of Dargavel, grandson of John, is reputed to have been one of the Earl of Morton's personal supporters and was killed with him at the battle of Dryfe Sands in , although most of the Strathclyde Maxwell families claim the Patrick Maxwell who lost his life there. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information. The foundations of several further buildings can be seen across the site. A rich artefact assemblage suggests this was a vellum-working complex dating to the 7th to 8th centuries. It is tempting to speculate that it was structurally related to the short stub of wall preserved next to the north-eastern bastion and that both elements of walling formed part of a building, which pre-dated the bawn and was located to the north of the modern graveyard. The use of Latin script, the lanuage used and the appearance of a rare, early form of Christian symbolism, the Chi-Rho cross, shows that there was a highly literate Christian community at Kirkmadrine in the 6th century, likely to have been monastic in nature. The burial was inserted into a localized levelling deposit and was therefore demonstrably later than the main phase of Early Christian and medieval burial activity reported upon below. Through careful analysis of the structural and archaeological evidence, combined with a study of relevant written records, it is possible to build up a detailed picture of the sequence of domestic requirements, social aspirations and architectural tastes of the generations of individuals for whom they were built. It was was probably built to house Sir John's ever expanding family which were overcrowded in the main residence at Nether Pollok. Consequently, the original shape of the feature was uncertain; only its steep, southern, curvilinear edge was exposed, for a distance of 1. ISBN They noted that Cruggleton "is now kept but with 2 men only but when the Prior of Whithorn lies there then under 20 men without artillery. At the very least, however, Brice did have Presbyterian sympathies. Photographic scale 0. The superimposition of burials meant that few of the skeletons were complete and many were only represented by a relatively small number of bones. Following the death of Humston, the stone house he had had built remained occupied by his successors until the episcopacy of Robert Echlin, when it passed into the hands of the Brice family. Overlooking the Clyde estuary towards Dumbarton, the castle stood within a barmkin wall with round towers in the corners, one of which remains. The castle stood in the northern corner of a four sided courtyard which had round towers of two stories at each of the other three angles. The distribution of burials throughout the trench was relatively even Fig 8. Analysis of the scale of the worked flint recovered from the medieval and later contexts suggests the former presence of substantial prehistoric deposits at Kilroot, which have been significantly compromised by the medieval burial and postmedieval garden activity at the site. Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. More information about this seller Contact this seller 8. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan , pp. The second son of Henry Echlin, laird of Pittadro in Fife, he had gained an MA from St Andrews in and was inducted into the presbytery of Dunfermline in the second congregation of Inverkeithing, Fife, in Here the Lords Maxwell housed the government troops who assisted them in their role as Warden of the Western March. Seller Inventory ABS The two Anglo-Norman grave slabs Bigger ;Cordner et al presumably marked the position of high-status burials located within the medieval church and would not have been part of the normative medieval burial rite at Kilroot. Excavations at Hoddom, Dumfriesshire : An Early Ecclesiastical Site in South-west Scotland Writer It is likely that his Calvinist leanings prompted his departure for Ireland soon after this date. The poem makes much of the heroic attacks of the English on this "Castle so strong that it feared no siege before the King came there". He held the post until his death, at Kilroot, in late This notorious ruffian was not above outrages within his own family and was accused of murdering his own cousin and namesake, Patrick Maxwell of Stainley. In: MacKie, E. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports , 22, pp. At a distance of approximately It was from here that the 5th Earl of Nithsdale rode out to join the rebellion of The recovery of several sherds of blackware sf , from the clinker-rich lens is not inconsistent with this suggestion. Contextual Characteristics Early historic monastic settlements known to have surviving physical remains are rare in Scotland. Log In Sign Up. The site has the potential to provide information on the nature and extent of the 6th century occupation of the site, to which the early Latin inscribed stones belonged, as well as information on the type of activities undertaken on site. The barony of Mearns had been in the hands of the Lords Maxwell since the marriage of Sir Aymer Maxwell and his bride, the heiress Mary, daughter of Sir Roland de Mearns in the first half of the thirteenth century. The few extant sources, most of which survive in comparatively late copies or compilations, have been comprehensively listed by Flanagan , 48, nos Ancient Monuments. Haggs is now oldest secular building in domestic use in Glasgow. The graveyard has continued in use until relatively recently and contains gravestones dating to the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries Rutherford , These were presumably burials associated with either the early medieval ecclesiastical foundation at Kilroot or the medieval parish church. This probable foundation fill extended southwards beyond the line of the wall for a distance of approximately 0. Approximately 20m to the north of the northeastern bastion is a triangular earthwork whose edges are partly defined by the surrounding roads and lanes Fig 3. It is unknown whether the surviving elements of the graveyard wall exposed within the western extension of the trench represent the original retaining wall or a localized rebuild. The northern and southern edges of the graveyard are delimited by retaining walls of uncertain date -the collapse of the southern wall being the event that prompted the excavation in This pool may have been an early holy well. Emeritus Professor J. It is also possible that the deposition of spreads of rounded 'chalk' nodules ,,, in the fills of four graves was an attempt to mark the location of burials see below. In: Photos-Jones, E. It was not unusual for Presbyterians of Scottish origin to hold Church of Ireland livings before the s. Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Such prolific spending led to the early break up of this vast inheritance and Newark was sold in Formerly supported on metal bands, the stonework has recently been rebuilt how recently? In , it was sold a second time to become once again a private residence. The basement has seven gun slots with another two at the bottom of the wheel stair. Robert Humston d was successfully nominated to the bishopric of Down and Connor in July , although he was not consecrated until April of the following year. Excavations at Hoddom, Dumfriesshire : An Early Ecclesiastical Site in South-west Scotland Reviews Science of the Total Environment , 24 , pp. Although an excellent achievement in getting to grips with shielings and peripheral settlements on the outfield areas, less attention was devoted to the settlement foci and it still remains an unfulfilled aspiration to excavate a highland rural settlement focus in extenso. It is also possible that the deposition of spreads of rounded 'chalk' nodules ,,, in the fills of four graves was an attempt to mark the location of burials see below. However, without excavation it is impossible to say what the relationship is between the hall-house and the townships. This stone was subsequently removed to St Colman's Church of Ireland, Larne Road, Carrickfergus, where it has been 'rededicated' for use as a baptismal font. United Kingdom. Underwater surveys of crannogs in Loch Tay Dixon ; , Loch Awe Hardy, McArdle and Miles ; Dixon ; Morrison ; Holley ; Taylor and the Lake of Menteith Henderson have generally found crannogs to date from the later prehistoric to the early-medieval periods. This second feature had a maximum width of 1. The distribution of burials throughout the trench was relatively even Fig 8. In consequence, Portmahomack gives a unique insight into monastic architecture, engineering capability and craft production. The living at Templecorran had been united with the vicarage at Kilroot and the rectory of Ballynure by charter of James I in to form the prebend of Kilroot Lewis ii, ;Reeves , Only a single, irregular course of stone, which had been repointed with a concrete mortar and had a maximum depth 0. The upper surface of the path had been truncated. Given that the use of gravestones in Ireland only began to develop in the late s Tait , 67 , it is possible that use of the modern graveyard is significantly earlier than Minerals , 10 4 , e No evidence for any other specific form of burial rite was observed.