Skipton Castle built on previous Iron Age mound

Started by Imperial Dave, Oct 04, 2016, 07:01 AM

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Imperial Dave

Oct 04, 2016, 07:01 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/03/skipsea-castle-yorkshire-built-on-iron-age-mound?CMP=share_btn_tw

as per usual a good article from the Guardian and not the Daily Mail this time! :)
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Duncan Head

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Oct 04, 2016, 07:48 AM
I wasn't sure what the basis for dating the mound was, though.
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Oct 04, 2016, 08:30 AM
Given it was done by coring, extraction of organics from the base layer and radio-carbon dating them would be my guess.
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