Ancient Places and Megalithic Monuments of Scotland - Glossary of terms

<CENTER> <TABLE WIDTH="720"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/apsmall.gif" WIDTH="93" HEIGHT="42" ALT="Ancient Places Logo"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="30%" ALIGN="left"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/glossary.gif" WIDTH="306" HEIGHT="37" ALT="Glossary"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/am.gif" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="24" ALT="A to M"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <HR WIDTH="720"> <TABLE WIDTH="720"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="left">Still under development </TD> <TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="right"><A HREF="glossary2.html">go to N - Z</A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="720" BORDER="1" BORDERCOLOR="gray" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2"> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/a.gif" WIDTH="27" HEIGHT="23" ALT="A"></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/b.gif" WIDTH="22" HEIGHT="23" ALT=""></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>broch </TD> <TD>cylindrical drystone tower-fort built with a hollow, galleried wall. Unique to Scotland. </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Bronze Age </TD> <TD>period during which bronze was the only or primary metal used for tools and weapons - in Britain it lasted fromroughly 2200-500 BC. </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/c.gif" WIDTH="23" HEIGHT="23" ALT="C"></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>cairn </TD> <TD>an artificial mound of stones </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>cist </TD> <TD>a grave, either a box made of stone slabs or a pit cut in the ground </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>courtyard house </TD> <TD>a type of Iron Age settlement in <A HREF="../cornwall/index.html">Cornwall</A> in which a number of stone cells, forming a continuous building, are grouped around an open central space, or courtyard. As found in <A HREF="../cornwall/cu/index.html">Carn Euny</A> and <A HREF="../cornwall/chy/index.html">Chysauster</A>. </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/d.gif" WIDTH="29" HEIGHT="23" ALT="D"></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>dun </TD> <TD>small Iron Age drystone fortlet or castle lacking the special high, hollow, galleried wall of a broch. <A HREF="../scotland/da/index.html">Dunadd</A> in Argyll is an example. </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"> <IMG SRC="../common/logos/e.gif" WIDTH="21" HEIGHT="23" ALT="E"></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/f.gif" WIDTH="23" HEIGHT="23" ALT="F"> </DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>forecourt </TD> <TD>partly or wholly enclosed unroofed space immediately in front of the entrance to a building </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>fort </TD> <TD>stronghold of an Iron Age or later tribe </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/g.gif" WIDTH="23" HEIGHT="23" ALT="G"></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/h.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="23" ALT="H"></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>henge </TD> <TD>a circular, probably ceremonial enclosure of Middle or Late Neolithic date defined by a bank with an internal ditch. Class I henges have one entrance, Class II have two. <A HREF="../scotland/cp/index.html">Cairnpapple</A> was a class II henge. </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/i.gif" WIDTH="15" HEIGHT="23" ALT=""></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR>  <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/j.gif" WIDTH="19" HEIGHT="24" ALT=""></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/k.gif" WIDTH="29" HEIGHT="23" ALT=""></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/l.gif" WIDTH="23" HEIGHT="23" ALT=""></DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="../common/logos/m.gif" WIDTH="38" HEIGHT="23" ALT=""></DIV> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <DIV ALIGN="center"><TABLE WIDTH="720"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-2"> [ <A HREF="../index.html" TARGET="_top">Home</A> | <A HREF="../cornwall/index.html" TARGET="_top">Cornwall</A> | <A HREF="../scotland/index.html" TARGET="_top">Scotland</A> | <FONT SIZE="+1">Glossary</FONT> | <A HREF="../shop/index.html" TARGET="_top">Shop</A> | <A HREF="../links/index.html" TARGET="_top">Links</A> | <A HREF="../sitemap/index.html" TARGET="_top">Site Map</A> ] </FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><A HREF="http://www.hitmatic.com/h4/jump.cgi?user=13760" TARGET="_top"><IMG WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="31" BORDER="0" ALT="[Tracked by Hitmatic]" SRC="http://www.hitmatic.com/h4/h4.cgi?user=13760&page=Glossary"></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="center"><HR WIDTH="720"> </DIV>