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A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides - Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (Hardcover)
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A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides - Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (Hardcover)
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The settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland is one
of the largest rural settlements known from the Norse period in
Britain. It spans the period from the fifth to the fifteenth
century AD when the Atlantic seaboard was subject to drastic
changes. The islands were systematically ravaged by Viking raiders
and then colonised by Norse settlers. In the following centuries
the islanders were central to the emergence of the Kingdom of Man
and the Isles, played a crucial role in the development of the
Lordship of the Isles and were finally assimilated into the Kingdom
of Scotland. This volume explores the stratigraphic sequence
uncovered by the excavation of Bornais mounds 2 and 2A. The
excavation of mound 2 revealed a sequence of high status buildings
that span the Norse occupation of the settlement. One of these
houses, constructed at the end of the eleventh century AD, was a
well preserved bow-walled longhouse and the careful excavation and
detailed recording of the floor layers has revealed a wealth of
finds that provides invaluable insight into the activities taking
place in this building. The final house in this sequence is very
different in form and use, and clearly indicates the increasing
Scottish influence on the region at the beginning of the thirteenth
century. The excavation of mound 2A provides an insight into the
less prestigious areas of the settlement and contributes a
significant amount of evidence on the settlement economy. The area
was initially cultivated before it became a settlement local and
throughout its life a focus on agricultural activities, such as
grain drying and processing, appears to have been important. In the
thirteenth century the mound was occupied by a craftsman who
produced composite combs, gaming pieces and simple tools. The
evidence presented in this volume makes a major contribution to the
understanding of Norse Scotland and the colonisation of the North
Atlantic in a period of dramatic transformations.
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