4.2.6 Reviews of Site Types

In addition to studies on henges (Harding and Lee 1987), timber structures (Millican 2016) and non-megalithic funerary monuments (Kinnes 1992a; 1992b) which include listings and maps covering South East Scotland, there are other site type-specific studies pertaining to this region.

Audrey Henshall commented on the non-megalithic funerary monuments of this part of Scotland (Henshall 1972,158-62), while Kenny Brophy has synthesised information on Scotland’s cursus monuments (Brophy 2016) and on timber ‘halls’ (Brophy 2007). Brophy has also written on Neolithic settlement evidence in lowland Scotland (Brophy 2016), building on Gordon Barclay’s 2003 survey on the same topic, and adding a map of pits containing Neolithic material; an update is now overdue. The review by Noble and Brophy (2011) on large timber enclosures also includes discussion of Scottish sites, including Meldon Bridge. Oswald et als (2001) nationwide survey of Early Neolithic causewayed enclosures included Whitmuirhaugh, Sprouston, as a possible example, although this is disputed. The Scottish Rock Art Project provides a distribution map, as of 2019, of rock art in south-east Scotland and elsewhere in Scotland.


 

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