Excavations at Dun Vulan: a reinterpretation of the reappraised Iron Age
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Antiquity
- Vol. 72 (276), 327-337
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00086609
Abstract
Recent excavation of Scottish Iron Age Brochs and wheelhouses enables new discussion of the development, dating and economic interpretation of these impressive structures. Here, Gilmour & Cook assess the work at Dun Vulan, South Uist, in the Western Isles.Keywords
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