Jamieson, Elaine, Stastney, Philip and Leary, Jim orcid.org/0000-0003-0666-402X (2019) Dating Skipsea Mound, East Yorkshire. Prehistoric Yorkshire. pp. 84-89.
Abstract
In the winter of 2015/16, as part of the Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘Extending Histories: from Medieval Mottes to Prehistoric Round Mounds’, staff from the University of Reading carried out archaeological investigations at Skipsea Castle in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Radiocarbon dates obtained from two soil cores taken through the castle motte indicate that the large earthen mound may have originated in the Middle Iron Age, sometime after 401-233 cal BC (95% confidence), and is therefore possibly 1,500 years older than previously thought. This paper presents the results of that work and includes a short discussion on the implications of the new dating evidence.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society, Author. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Iron Age,yorkshire,mottes |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2020 17:50 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:19 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168848 |