Banner bench
Bannerbank was a Bronze Age or Early Iron Age round hut near the north-east bank of Long Loch in the Scottish council area of East Renfrewshire . The town of Neilston is four kilometers to the north. Since 2011 the remains have been classified as Scheduled Monument in the Scottish Monument Lists.
description
When the Bannerbank round hut was built and when it was used has not yet been examined in detail. Round huts of this type were in use in Scotland during the 2nd millennium BC. Commonly used in BC, so depending on the construction date still fall into the Bronze Age or the Early Iron Age . The remains of the structure were discovered in 1963 by the archaeologist Frank Newall .
The structure lies on a grassy plain. The remains of the outer wall of the round hut have a diameter of seven meters and a thickness between 1.3 and two meters. They are still preserved today up to a height of 40 cm and essentially consist of earth with a few stones. Stones can be found reinforced on the west side, where the structure is built into a slight slope, which necessitated leveling with reinforced fastening. There is a small, possibly natural, hollow twelve meters to the east. On the western edge it could have been fixed by stones.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Scheduled Monument - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Bannerbank in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Banner Bank in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 55 ° 44 ′ 49.2 " N , 4 ° 24 ′ 43.5" W.