Excavations by the late G D B Jones and C M Daniels along the moray Firth littoral

Abstract

Between 1984 and 1990 the late G D B Jones and C M Daniels undertook excavation at four large rectilinear cropmark sites at Easter Galcantray (Nairnshire), Thomshill and Balnageith (Morayshire) and Boyndie (Banffshire). This work successfully identified discrete phases of activity dating from the Neolithic through to historic times. The excavators believed that the rectilinear enclosures had been Roman military fortifications linked to the Agricolan advance into north-eastern Scotland. The paper documents the evidence acquired through this fieldwork, and attempts to present and assess the interpretation which the excavators placed on their discoveries.