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Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse: The Cnip Wheelhouse Excavations, Lewis
Keyword(s):
wheelhouse; architecture; pottery; cosmology; roundhouse; red deer; human remains
Location(s):
Western Isles, Scotland, UK
Period(s):
Iron Age
Synopsis
Wheelhouses were Iron Age buildings of great sophistication. Although found only in northern Scotland, they belong to a much wider “roundhouse tradition” that, before the arrival of the Romans, covered the whole of Britain. When tidal erosion on Cnip beach in west Lewis uncovered a spectacularly well-preserved wheelhouse complex, it presented a rare opportunity to shed new light on the extraordinary architectural phenomenon. The uniquely detailed sequence at Cnip enabled the excavation team to trace the settlement from conception to abandonment, dissecting the buildings and generating new insights into the daily lives of the Iron Age islanders, their relationships with their environment, and with their neighbours. This volume sets out the results of the excavations, placing them in the wider context of the British and European Iron Age.
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This report provides an excellent source for readers to appreciate the archaeology in the Western Isles.
– Professor Niall Sharples (Antiquity)
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Chapters
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Front matter
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1 | Introduction
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2 | Excavation results
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3 | Material Culture
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4 | Subsistence and environment
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5 | Anatomy of a wheelhouse
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6 | Chronology
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7 | Living in Iron Age Lewis
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References
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Index
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Plates
Published
September 30, 2022
Categories
Copyright (c) 2022 Ian Armit and the individual contributors
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Details about this monograph
ISBN-13 (15)
9781908332288
Date of first publication (11)
2006
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