TY - JOUR
T1 - Into the west
T2 - excavations of an Early Christian cemetery at Montefode, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire
AU - Hatherley, Candice
AU - Franklin, Julie
AU - Henderson, David
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A previously unknown cemetery of 60 graves, a mix of long cists, partial cists and simple earth-dug graves, with some sub-circular enclosure, was located and excavated on the banks of the Montfode. The work carried out in 2003, in advance of the construction of the A78 bypass. Although frequent throughout the south-east of Scotland, few Early Christian burials have been identified in the south-west. This paper discusses this distribution and the potential for similar sites in the region.
AB - A previously unknown cemetery of 60 graves, a mix of long cists, partial cists and simple earth-dug graves, with some sub-circular enclosure, was located and excavated on the banks of the Montfode. The work carried out in 2003, in advance of the construction of the A78 bypass. Although frequent throughout the south-east of Scotland, few Early Christian burials have been identified in the south-west. This paper discusses this distribution and the potential for similar sites in the region.
M3 - Article
SN - 0081-1564
VL - 139
SP - 195
EP - 211
JO - Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
JF - Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
ER -