Dull site
The Dull site (also called “St Ninian's Chapel”) in the Dull Parish in Perth and Kinross , Scotland , is a multiple Neolithic site consisting of an enclosure, a bowl stone and a kiln or stone grave .
Before the excavation by Margaret EC Stewart in the 1960s, the site was viewed as the ruins of a monastery school and was also described as such in the "New Statistical Account (NSA 1845)" and marked as such on the 1st edition of the 25-inch map.
MEC Stewart was convinced that they had excavated the remains of a Neolithic chamber. However, this interpretation was not accepted by other archaeologists. Another possible interpretation is that it is a large complex kiln, surrounded by a paved area with an uncertain function and dry masonry. If this interpretation is correct, it is the oldest grain skewer in the British Isles . However, some structures that were originally considered to be kilns did not withstand closer examination.
An upright stone on the edge of the central structure is provided with bowls .
The finds consisted of charred grain and wood, black pottery, a broken, leaf-shaped arrowhead made of gray and a microlith made of yellow flint .
literature
- NSA (1845): The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy , Vol. 10, Perthshire, p. 766
- AS Henshall: The chambered tombs of Scotland , 1972, p. 479
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1887 described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles as follows: “Dull, parish and village, Perthshire, 3½ miles West of Aberfeldy; an ancient place, once the seat of a monastery, founded in 687 ".
Web links
- Description
- Entry on Dull site in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 37 '4.3 " N , 3 ° 56" 36.4 " W.