Arran’s missing megaliths. A search for Arran’s archaeology before modernity

Burns, Paul (2024) Arran’s missing megaliths. A search for Arran’s archaeology before modernity. MRes thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

SYNOPSIS OF THESIS. I sought to discover Arran before roads, enclosed farms, and modernity to get some sense of the earlier Megalithic landscape. I traced the earliest written references to Arran that I could find. I studied the old accounts, and tried to relate them to the ground, and see what remained. I studied accounts of missing monuments and sought to place them in their stated locations. I considered fairly what the old writers said about the monuments and considered what of that had stood the test of time. I measured their work against the most modern material known to me. This done, I considered what differences, if any, my research had made to the accepted paradigms of the island’s narrative. I concluded that it does charge it and that there is value in reevaluating older and antiquarian accounts.

• Item Type: Thesis (MRes)
• Qualification Level: Masters
• Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology; D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
• Colleges/Schools: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Archaeology
• Supervisor's Name: Brophy, Dr. Kenny
• Date of Award: 2024
• Depositing User: Theses Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:2024-84660
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 06 Nov 2024 12:54
• Last Modified: 06 Nov 2024 12:57
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.84660
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/84660