DOI Artikel:
Lamb, R. C.; Rees, S. E.: Ard cultivation at Sumburgh, Shetland
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.49001#0122
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LAMB AND REES
Fig. i. Part of an area of ard marks formed of
brown ploughsoil in the underlying sand. These
are the earliest cultivation on the site. In the
upper part of the picture is the stone floor of a
later round-house which was built on the culti-
vated area.
Teil eines Gelandes mit Arl-Spuren, die als braune
Pflugerde im darunter liegenden Sand hervortre-
ten. Das war die friiheste Bebauung dieses Bo-
dens. Im oberen Teil des Bildes der Steinboden
eines Rundhauses, das auf dem bebauten Boden
errichtet wurde.
effect produced experimentally at Hjerl
Hede, Denmark (Hansen 1969, 81), indi-
cating the direction of movement and show-
ing that the ard was held tilted both to the
left and to the right.
This ploughing was followed by timber
and then stone buildings. Two of these lay
within the excavated area, the northern one
being circular throughout its history, the
southern beginning its existence as an oval
house. Its floor was sunken below ground
level and its walls built of heap-construction,
consisting simply of a mound of soil and turf
faced internally with stone. On one occasion
in its history this house withstood a severe
gale which piled clean sand against its ex-
posed SE side. A new soil then developed on
the sand and as this came under cultivation,
ard marks were formed on the sand surface.
It is presumed that this side of the house
projected into a ploughed field under con-
tinuous cultivation; the sandblow merely
provided at one particular time, the right
conditions for the preservation of marks
(fig-3)-
In plan and section these marks are identi-
cal with those of the first period. It is notable
that some ard traces run from the sand sur-
Fig. 2. Intersecting ard marks, formed of brown
ploughsoil in underlying white sand, belonging to
the earliest period of cultivation on the site.
Sich tiberschneidende Arl-Spuren, die als braune
Pflugerde im darunter liegenden weihen Sand
hervortreten und aus der altesten Bebauungs-
periode dieses Gelandes stammen.
LAMB AND REES
Fig. i. Part of an area of ard marks formed of
brown ploughsoil in the underlying sand. These
are the earliest cultivation on the site. In the
upper part of the picture is the stone floor of a
later round-house which was built on the culti-
vated area.
Teil eines Gelandes mit Arl-Spuren, die als braune
Pflugerde im darunter liegenden Sand hervortre-
ten. Das war die friiheste Bebauung dieses Bo-
dens. Im oberen Teil des Bildes der Steinboden
eines Rundhauses, das auf dem bebauten Boden
errichtet wurde.
effect produced experimentally at Hjerl
Hede, Denmark (Hansen 1969, 81), indi-
cating the direction of movement and show-
ing that the ard was held tilted both to the
left and to the right.
This ploughing was followed by timber
and then stone buildings. Two of these lay
within the excavated area, the northern one
being circular throughout its history, the
southern beginning its existence as an oval
house. Its floor was sunken below ground
level and its walls built of heap-construction,
consisting simply of a mound of soil and turf
faced internally with stone. On one occasion
in its history this house withstood a severe
gale which piled clean sand against its ex-
posed SE side. A new soil then developed on
the sand and as this came under cultivation,
ard marks were formed on the sand surface.
It is presumed that this side of the house
projected into a ploughed field under con-
tinuous cultivation; the sandblow merely
provided at one particular time, the right
conditions for the preservation of marks
(fig-3)-
In plan and section these marks are identi-
cal with those of the first period. It is notable
that some ard traces run from the sand sur-
Fig. 2. Intersecting ard marks, formed of brown
ploughsoil in underlying white sand, belonging to
the earliest period of cultivation on the site.
Sich tiberschneidende Arl-Spuren, die als braune
Pflugerde im darunter liegenden weihen Sand
hervortreten und aus der altesten Bebauungs-
periode dieses Gelandes stammen.