This Roundhouse, which stood alongside two other Roundhouses dating to around 435-450BC and near two others dating to 200BC, is an extraordinary survival from a period when Scotland did not even exist.Īt Whithorn however, during the 1980s Dig under Peter Hill, there were the ephemeral remains of Roundhouses found towards the end of the Dig in the area of the “Glebe Field” downhill from the ruins of Whithorn Priory. Through “Dendrochronology”, measuring the tree rings in the preserved wood, The Roundhouse (which the Whithorn Roundhouse is based on) was dated to around 435-450BC, early in the period known as the Iron Age. These were found to be the remains of “Roundhouses” including an amazing series of wooden woven floor panels and the intact lower portions of internal posts preserved beautifully in the bog. The remains found there were startling, preserved in peat bog, constantly wet and boggy ground. These remains however were not found at Whithorn itself, instead they were found at a place called the Black loch of Myrton 5 miles to the west of Whithorn, between Port William and Monreith, in 2013. The Iron Age Roundhouse at Whithorn is based on remains dating to 2500 years ago. Blog 4: The Iron Age Roundhouses of Black Loch and Whithorn
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