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Scotland’s first settlers’ home unearthed in Edinburgh

Published time: November 18, 2012 12:32
Edited time: November 18, 2012 16:32
Reuters / Radovan Stoklasa

An ancient dwelling has been unearthed during construction works in Edinburgh. According to archeologists, it's the remains of one of Scotland’s earliest homes.

­The dwelling was reportedly uncovered during an archaeological excavation at Echline, in preparation for the building of the Forth Replacement Crossing.

A 7-meter oval pit is all that remains of the home, dated to the Mesolithic period around 10,250 years ago, recorded as one of the earliest houses in Scotland, Dailyrecord online reported.

“This discovery and the information from the laboratory analyses add valuable details to our understanding of a small but growing list of buildings erected by Scotland’s first settlers after the last glaciation 10,000 years ago," a senior archaeologist at Historic Scotland, Rod McCullagh was quoted as saying.

The remains also reportedly feature a number of postholes which probably used to hold wooden posts supporting the walls and roof; several internal fireplace hearths, as well as over 1,000 flint artifacts, large quantities of charred hazelnut shells, possibly an important source of food, among them.

“The discovery of this rare type of site has provided us with a unique opportunity to further develop our understanding of how early prehistoric people lived along the Forth,” Dailyrecord online quoted project manager for Headland Archaeology, the firm who carried out the excavation, Ed Bailey, as saying.

Comments (5)

Ted Gorsline (unregistered) 03.12.2012 09:28

I don't know about ancient history but the Hudson Bay Company used many Scots to explore western Canada because they were used to cold weather. The Canadian province named name Nova Scotia simply means New Scotand.

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Brasivnika 18.11.2012 23:57

Kermit Frazier (unregistered) wrote in #3
Yes, the Scots were a hardy folk. Very few of them live there anymore.

Ther e is evidence that the Scot/Picts travelled to North America during this early period, and possibly a reverse flow also took place.

One thing is sure: the English treat everyone not English like Slaves, especially the Celts, while the earliest Frontiersmen were often Irish and Scot who naturally married into Native American families, since no 'white' woman could survive the conditions at that time. This is Our Heritage.
Wha t the devil are you talking about? Scots and picts never made it to NA before the English you dolt. And they did not marry into Native American families and bring them back. Where are you reading this absurd propaganda? There were Basques who made it over there, a small group of them in the last ice age, but they never made it back. That is where the 'European Clovis point' site comes from. There were also vikings who sailed to the edge of Canada, to a place they called Vinland. Never did the picts or scots venture across the Atlantic...ah I see. You're a JIDF troll trying to circulate false information about our ancestors. Welp, I'm done with you.

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Kermit Frazier (unregistered) 18.11.2012 23:07

Yes, the Scots were a hardy folk. Very few of them live there anymore.

Ther e is evidence that the Scot/Picts travelled to North America during this early period, and possibly a reverse flow also took place.

One thing is sure: the English treat everyone not English like Slaves, especially the Celts, while the earliest Frontiersmen were often Irish and Scot who naturally married into Native American families, since no 'white' woman could survive the conditions at that time. This is Our Heritage.

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