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Excavations at Dun Vulan: a reinterpretation of the reappraised Iron Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Simon Gilmour  and
Murray Cook
Simon Gilmour
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT, Scotland. sgilmour@hsy1.ssc.ed.ac.uk
Murray Cook
Affiliation:
AOC (Scotland) Ltd, The Old Schoolhouse, 4 Lochend Road, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 8BR, Scotland. murrayc@aocscot.co.uk
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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.

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ScotlandIron AgebrochsWestern Isles
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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 276 , June 1998 , pp. 327 - 337
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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