ABSTRACT

The dating of palisaded enclosures in Britain remains poorly understood with few sites having been directly dated by scientific means using suitable, reliable samples. Excavations to support a possible planning application for an extension at Harden Quarry, Northumberland, provided the impetus to investigate a Scheduled palisaded enclosure on the edge of the Cheviot Hills, where one of the largest concentrations of these monument types is known. Excavation was also undertaken on adjacent features including a ring cairn, clearance cairn, and land allotment boundary. The palisaded enclosure contained a multiphase settlement within it, but the palisaded phase of the site appeared to be single phase and was securely radiocarbon dated to the late sixth – fifth century cal. BC. It is thought most likely that the linear boundary feature relates to a field system connected to the use of the palisaded settlement. Evidence for Mesolithic activity on the hilltop was attested by chipped flints and radiocarbon dates from a later feature. The clearance cairn likely dates to the Beaker period whilst cremations from the ring cairn were dated to the Early Bronze Age. Later cord rigg agriculture could be seen to overlie the ring cairn, palisaded enclosure and linear boundary.

摘要

在英国，栅栏围栏的年代测定仍然知之甚少，很少有地点使用合适、可靠的样本通过科学方法直接测定年代。为支持诺森伯兰郡哈登采石场扩建的可能规划申请而进行的挖掘工作为调查 Cheviot 山边缘的预定栅栏围墙提供了动力，那里是已知这些纪念碑类型最集中的地方之一。还对相邻的特征进行了挖掘，包括环形石堆、清理石堆和土地分配边界。栅栏围墙内包含多相聚落，但该遗址的栅栏相似乎是单相，并且放射性碳的年代确定为 6 世纪晚期至 5 世纪 cal。公元前。人们认为，线性边界要素最有可能与与栅栏聚居地的使用相关的现场系统有关。山顶上的中石器时代活动的证据得到了后来特征的碎燧石和放射性碳年代的证明。清仓石棺很可能可以追溯到烧杯时期，而环形石墓的火葬则可以追溯到青铜时代早期。后来可以看到绳索农业覆盖在环形石堆、栅栏围栏和线性边界上。