Description
Book SynopsisExcavations and surveys adjacent to Hirsel House, Coldstream, have revealed a remarkably detailed history of a proprietary church and its cemetery for a period when the parochial structure in Scotland was in course of development, and when very little is known about the fate of estate churches after they were donated to support the newly founded monasteries of the 12th century.
Table of ContentsIntroduction to the site, The estate, The site surveys, The site excavation: pre-medieval, The church: the excavated evidence, The cemetery, The perimeter, Later occupation of the site, Dating evidence, Environmental evidence, Human skeletal remains, Structural materials, Funerary monuments, Coins, Prehistoric pottery, The Roman pottery, Medieval ceramics, Clay tobacco pipes, Copper apply, Iron, Worked bone, Pierced scallop shells, Lithic material, Stone artefacts, Glass objects, Examination and analysis of the bell mould, Site summary and evaluation within the wider British context.
