Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (177 page)

Thinking which suggests ideas contrary to commonsense assumptions.

 
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The outer face or slope of the ditch of a fortification.

 
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A small linear mound or bank immediately outside the counterscarp of a hillfort or defensive work.

 
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A rounded handle partly sunk into the side of a vessel.

 
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A small subsidiary settlement associated with a
CHARTERHOUSE
, mainly occupied by lay brothers and worked as a farm to provide food and wealth both for itself and the monastery to which it was connected. Facilities for worship and domestic life were provided within the settlement. In general, coureries were situated fairly close to their mother charterhouse.

 
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A generic name popularized by Ruaidhri De Valéra in the early 1960s referring to a series of
LONG BARROWS
found especially in northern and central Ireland. The class is characterized by sites with a trapezoidal mound delimited by a stone kerb. Most contain a single oval court at one end with access from the back of the court into chambers which contained human burials. A few examples have a court and chambers at both ends of the mound (double court tombs) while a few contain subsidiary chambers in the back or the sides of the mound. Mainly 4th and early 3rd millennium
bc
in date. Burials were generally by inhumation, although some cremated remains have been found at excavated sites. Also known as horned cairns.

 
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