Barnhouse
Barnhouse is a Neolithic Grooved Ware settlement, discovered in 1984, on the shores of Loch of Harray , Mainland , the main island of the Orkneys in Scotland . It originated at the end of the fourth millennium BC. The settlement initially consisted of twelve very similar houses, only house 2 was clearly highlighted.
The settlement consisted of 15 houses inside which pottery , flint and stone tools that may have come to Barnhouse through trade were found. It is interesting that every building in the settlement was demolished at the end of its use. Apart from the fact that the houses are not connected to each other, it is very similar to the younger Skara Brae .
"House 2" and "Structure 8", which go beyond the usual dimensions, are among the special structures in the settlement. The settlement was covered again after the excavation and reconstructed on the surface with low stone slabs. Nearby are the Stones of Stenness .
Comparable settlements on the Orkney are Rinyo on Rousay and Pool on Sanday .
literature
- Colin Richards (Ed.): Dwelling among the monuments. The Neolithic village of Barnhouse, Maeshowe passage grave and surrounding monuments at Stenness, Orkney (= McDonald Institute monographs. ). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge et al. 2005, ISBN 1-902937-18-X .
Web links
- Description of the entire system + picture
- Description of house 2 + picture
- Description of structure 8 + picture
- Scheduled Monument - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Colin Richards: Monuments as Landscape: Creating the Center of the World in Late Neolithic Orkney. In: World Archeology. Vol. 28, No. 2 = Sacred Geography , 1996, ISSN 0043-8243 , pp. 190-208, here p. 193, JSTOR 125070 .
- ^ Colin Richards: Monuments as Landscape: Creating the Center of the World in Late Neolithic Orkney. In: World Archeology. Vol. 28, No. 2 = Sacred Geography , 1996, ISSN 0043-8243 , pp. 190-208, here p. 194, JSTOR 125070 .
Coordinates: 58 ° 59 ′ 44.8 " N , 3 ° 12 ′ 24.2" W.