Excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure at Woodend Farm, Johnstonebridge, Annandalw, 1994 and 1997

Banks, I., Alldritt, D., Duncan, J.S., Photos-Jones, E. , Simpson, I.A., Taylor, K. and Simpson, B. (2002) Excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure at Woodend Farm, Johnstonebridge, Annandalw, 1994 and 1997. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 130, pp. 223-281. (doi: 10.9750/PSAS.130.223.281)

Abstract

Excavations were undertaken at a multi-vallate enclosure on Woodend Farm by GUARD in the latesummer of 1994 in advance of the construction of the M6 motorway extension. Geophysical surveyand excavation revealed a third bank beyond the two upstanding banks. Within the interior, sevenseparate blocks of superimposed buildings were observed, together with an eighth, single-phasestructure interpreted as an animal pen. Artefacts were few, consisting of worked stones and querns,while the radiocarbon dates indicated occupation substantially in the Romano-British period,although the enclosure was built in the pre-Roman Iron Age. A return was made to Woodend in 1997during the topsoil operations for the construction work and three further structures were recorded.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This paper is published with the aid of a grant from Historic Scotland.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Photos-Jones, Dr Effie
• Authors: Banks, I., Alldritt, D., Duncan, J.S., Photos-Jones, E., Simpson, I.A., Taylor, K., and Simpson, B.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities
• Journal Name: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
• Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
• ISSN: 0081-1564
• ISSN (Online): 2056-743X