Combined plan of the 1999
and 2000 seasons excavations
(we will give a more detailed
analysis of plan in the Interim report)
By now everybody should
have arrived home from the excavation - taking back piles of dirty laundry,
slightly wet tents, happy memories of Dunragit and a determination to come
back next year.
As the last few days were
mainly occupied with closing down the site it has not been possible to
put all the available material online - so hopefully during the next couple
of week s I'll add the following pages
- Interim report
- Ceramics report
- reports on several of the individual features
- Tools of the Trade (added 11/09/00)
- Context Sheets (added 11/09/00)
- introduction to the neolithic
- Ivan I (the beginning 1999) (added 11/09/00)
- Ivan II (the journey home 1999)(added 11/09/00)
- Ivan III (Ivans year 1999-2000)(added 11/09/00)
- Ivan IV (the return 2000)(added 11/09/00)
- Ivan V (the tale of Ivan and Ivana)(added 11/09/00)
- Ivan VI (road trip)(added 11/09/00)
It's been great coming back to Dunragit for the second season. For myself There's naught on earth like barrow digging!" (or Dunragit Digging too!).
this summer, it is the third stop on a tour of prehistoric excavations on
the island. This site is fantastic - a virtual feast of neolithic postholes
all inter playing with each other in interesting manners. It's all the more
impressive because we are only looking at just a minute portion of the
hundreds (?) of features that curve around beneath the topsoil. But it has
been strange to arrive for only the last week. For myself, Dunragit has
come and gone far too quickly this year. I look forward to returning next
season to widen the focus a bit and get a wider understanding of the site.
Now I off back south to help excavate a round barrow on the last prehistoric
dig of the summer for me. As I pack my bags, I'm ready to head off with the Barrow Digging poem of 1845 sounding through my head:
"Uprouse ye then, my barrow digging men,
It is our opening day!
And all exclaimed their grog whilst swigging,Dave Robinson
Many thanks to all those who emailed me with corrections and suggestions, if I don't do the modifications immediately then I'll get around to those in the next couple of weeks. Thanks to everyone in Dunreagit who made us feel welcome.
Thanks also to the Dig team : Julian Thomas, Matt Leivers, Chris Fowler, Erica Gittins, Julia Roberts, Rick Peterson,Catherine Parker, Ian Heath, Dave Robinson, Becky Ashwin,Isabelle Fawkner-Corbett, Tristian Guy-Dewen, Anne Pangbourne, Rachael Gumm, Stephen George, David Apsden, Marcus Brittain, Penny Delve, Hannah Lawrence, Janet Baxter, Nicola Marshall, Andrew Ginns, Alice Lucas, Stuart Pollack, Ionna Antoniado, Richard Austin, Hayden King, Emily White, Saracha Brand, Ruth Taylor, Yvette Bekker, Ange Brennan, Nils Mason, Seth Priestman, John Tate, John Joyce and finally Charlotte Francoz
This page will also be updated fairly soon once I've taken care of a few other matters, like find work (please email with offers of a generous salary), drying the tent out and getting the cats to let me back in the house after three weeks absence.
Dave Webb
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