In This Section: ScARF National FrameworkPanel Reports Chronology and DownloadsPalaeolithic & MesolithicNeolithicBronze AgeIron AgeExecutive SummaryIron Age - Overall research recommendations1. Introduction2. The History of Research3. Land as arena – place & territory4. Land as resource5. Building in the Round: house-scapes of the Iron Age6. Enclosed Places6.1 Introduction6.2 Setting or context of buildings: settlement form, layout and location6.3 Local or regional settled landscapes and seascapes - ‘settlement hierarchies’ and ‘clusters of communities’6.4 Enclosed Places6.5 Chronology and development of enclosed places6.6 Enclosing works6.7 The 'functions' of enclosed places6.8 Regionality6.9 Research recommendations7. Relations between people8. Scotland in a wider world9. Research and methodological issuesIron Age BibliographyIron Age Case StudiesIron Age DownloadsRomanMedievalModern 6. Enclosed Places 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Setting or context of buildings: settlement form, layout and location 6.3 Local or regional settled landscapes and seascapes 6.4 Enclosed Places 6.5 Chronology and development of enclosed places 6.6 Enclosing works 6.7 The ‘functions‘ of enclosed places 6.8 Regionality 6.9 Research recommendations