Iron Age discovery unearthed at farm
The Press and Journal [Scotland], 11/09/2009
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the floor and timber beams of a 2,000- year-old roundhouse in the heart of a Moray farm, it emerged yesterday. Experts believe the structure unearthed at Dykeside Farm, Birnie, was once the multistorey-power centre of an Iron Age settlement. Last night, the archaeologist leading the excavation said it was the best-preserved roundhouse discovered on the site. National Museums of Scotland curator Fraser Hunter said the “huge, impressive building” had a diameter of 50ft and had stood nearly 30ft high and showed how sophisticated the Iron Age settlers really were. He added:
“People tend to think they were scratching around living difficult existences and staying in huts, but this is no hut. This was a huge and impressive building.”http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1391588?UserKey=
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