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Excavations on St. Patrick's Isle, Peel, Isle of Man, 1989-1992: Prehistoric, Viking, Medieval and Later Book

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  • Excavations on St. Patrick's Isle, Peel, Isle of Man, 1989-1992: Prehistoric, Viking, Medieval and Later
  • Written by author David Freke, Albrecht Schnabel
  • Published by Liverpool University Press, 2002/07/25
  • The excavations on St Patrick's Isle have been the subject of over forty published articles and numerous radio and television broadcasts. However, this text is the first to provide such a detailed and comprehensive report of this ambitious and fascinating
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List of Figures
List of Plates
Preface and Acknowledgements
I Introductory Material 1
The Setting and Background to the Site 3
Documentary History 15
Sources for the Documentary History of Peel Castle 15
Place-Names Relating to the Castle, Islet, Parishes and Town 24
The Place-Name Evidence: An Alternative View 27
Previous Work and Methodology 29
Review of Previous Archaeological and Repair Work 29
Excavation Aims, Techniques and Structure of the Report 37
Definition of Periods, Phases and Episodes 40
II Excavation Report 43
Prehistoric Activity 45
Period 1: Prehistoric c.5500 B.C.-c.A.D. 500 45
The Cemeteries: Early Christian to Post-Medieval 58
The Cemeteries: The Excavated Evidence 58
Tenth-Century Graves: The Viking-Age Artefacts and their Significance 83
Skeletal Material 99
Grave Data 120
Other Excavated Features 132
Period 3: Late Norse c.A.D. 1000-1200 132
Period 4: High Medieval c.A.D. 1200-1390 140
Period 5: Late Medieval c.A.D. 1390-1530 155
Period 6: Post-Medieval c.A.D. 1530-1735 172
Period 7: Modern c.A.D. 1735-1980 185
General Long Sections through the Site (Figures 53-68) 187
III Standing Structures 203
Standing Masonry Survey 205
Architectural Interpretation 209
The Stones in the Standing Masonry of the Lord's House 221
Bricks 226
IV Specialist Reports 229
Organic Material 231
Environmental Evidence from the Prehistoric Period 231
Interim Report on the Larger Mammal Bones 248
The Small Mammal Bones 250
The Bird Bones 252
The Fish Remains 258
The Molluses 262
Scientific Dating 264
Archaeomagnetic Assay 264
The Carbon 14 Determinations 265
Stone Artefacts 267
Prehistoric Lithic Assemblage 267
Slate Artefacts 272
Baked Clay and Shale Artefacts 274
Merels Boards 276
Early Christian and Viking-Age Sculptured Monuments 282
Architectural Fragments 291
Miscellaneous Stone Artefacts 293
Antler, Horn, Bone and Walrus Ivory Artefacts 305
Metal Artefacts 308
Coins and Jettons 320
The 1982 Coin Hoard (82.150/C (263)) 320
Coins other than the 1982 Hoard 326
Casting Counters (Jettons) and a Lead Seal 329
Glass 331
Vessel and Window Glass 331
Beads: Context and Catalogue 339
An Archaeological and Scientific Study of 47 Glass Beads 349
Ceramics 363
Pottery 363
Clay Pipes 428
Conclusions 437
Bibliography 449


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