ABSTRACT Dunnicaer, Aberdeenshire, a now isolated sea stack, is the findspot of five Pictish symbol stones discovered in the nineteenth century. Excavations from 2015 to 2017 have revealed a Roman Iron Age promontory fort, providing insights into the development of fortified settlement in north-east Scotland, with fortified sites being a key feature of first millennium AD elite practice in this region. The presence of rare and unusual finds indicates contact with the Roman world to the south and changes in the character of settlement as evidenced at Dunnicaer indicate broader transitions in the later Roman Iron Age native society. The archaeological sequence at Dunnicaer sheds new light on the adoption of non-roundhouse styles of architecture in first millennium AD Scotland and provides important evidence for the dating of the Pictish symbol tradition. A consideration of the impacts of coastal erosion on promontories of this nature suggests these are amongst the most threatened archaeological sites.

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苏格兰阿伯丁郡 Dunnicaer：边境之外的罗马铁器时代海角堡垒

摘要 阿伯丁郡的 Dunnicaer 现在是一个孤立的海堆，是 19 世纪发现的五块皮克特符号石头的发现地。2015 年至 2017 年的发掘揭示了罗马铁器时代的海角堡垒，提供了对苏格兰东北部强化定居点发展的见解，强化遗址是该地区第一个千年 AD 精英实践的关键特征。罕见和不寻常的发现表明与南部的罗马世界有接触，而在 Dunnicaer 证明的定居点特征的变化表明后期罗马铁器时代当地社会发生了更广泛的转变。Dunnicaer 的考古序列为公元第一个千年苏格兰采用非圆形建筑风格的建筑提供了新的线索，并为皮克特符号传统的约会提供了重要证据。考虑到海岸侵蚀对这种性质的海角的影响，这些海角是最受威胁的考古遗址之一。