Claish
Claish in a field 250 m southwest of the eponymous farm, near the River Teith , near Callander in Stirling in Scotland , was discovered in aerial photographs. A right-angled, northeast-southwest oriented, Neolithic wooden house (similar to Balbridie Hall) marked by rows of closely spaced post holes measures approximately 25.0 × 9.0 m.
The end walls are rounded and there is an entry gap in the middle of the southwest wall. The interior appears to be divided by six rows of post holes or trenches.
A large amount of pottery was extracted that could be identified as a round-based early Neolithic ware. Fragments of quartz and a piece of Arran pitch stone were recovered.
The overall scale and internal layout of the structure are largely similar to those of Balbridie in Kincardineshire (now Aberdeenshire ), although different construction techniques were used to achieve the objectives.
literature
- Gordon Barclay, Kenny Brophy, Gavin MacGregor: Claish Farm, Stirling (Callander parish), timber structure , Discovery Excav Scot, Vol. 2, 2001, pp. 36-37
- Gordon Barclay, Kenny Brophy, Gavin MacGregor: A Neolithic building at Claish Farm, near Callander, Stirling Council, Scotland, UK , Antiquity, Vol. 76, 2002, pp. 23-4
Web links
- Entry on Claish in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 56 ° 13 ′ 54 ″ N , 4 ° 12 ′ 5 ″ W.