Aspects of Settlement and Territorial Arrangements in South-east Scotland in the Late Prehistoric and Early Medieval Periods

Two prehistoric short-cists and an early medieval long-cist cemetery with dug graves on Kingston Common, North Berwick, East Lothian

“…They are consdered by many authortes as beng a manfestaton of the spreadng of Chrstanty (see eg Alcock 1992;Close-Brooks 1984) although Greg et al (2000, 606) note that non-Chrstan Romano-Brtsh burals share many trats wth long-cst burals. These cemeteres have also been vewed as a symbol of terrtoral arrangements (Proudfoot & Alaga-Kelly 1998).…”

Bernician Transitions: Place-Names and Archaeology

“…The distribution of long cist burials shown in Map 5 is based on various sources (including Henshall 1955-56;Hope-Taylor 1977;Alcock 1992;and Proudfoot and Aliaga-Kelly 1997). They are categorized by taking into account the number of graves (where known) and whether they are certain or uncertain cist graves.…”

Eldbotle; the archaeology and environmental history of a medieval rural settlement in East Lothian

“…the evaluation revealed the existence of stratified deposits up to 1.4m in depth and covering an area of 1.3ha, within which were stone structures, cut features and finds of medieval pottery, all buried below wind-blown sand. The national significance of these deposits was recognised in 2002 by the application of scheduled ancient monument the placename itself implies the existence of a settlement of much greater antiquity (Proudfoot & aliaga-Kelly 1997). the name is in the northumbrian dialect of old English, Eld-bōtl, suggesting that the placename dates from the Northumbrian settlement of the lothianswhich probably began in the late 6th century.…”