event · evt_bi_crannog_main_construction_horizon
Main Scottish and Irish crannog construction horizon
Broad review places the major surviving crannog construction horizon in the middle of the first millennium BCE rather than securely within most of 1600–800 BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Broad review places the major surviving crannog construction horizon in the middle of the first millennium BCE rather than securely within most of 1600–800 BCE.observed evidence
Broad review places the major surviving crannog construction horizon in the middle of the first millennium BCE rather than securely within most of 1600–800 BCE.The later horizon is included to prevent Bronze Age back-projection. Individual earlier timbers or claimed phases require site-specific dating and reassessment.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
700 BCE–300 BCE
Precision: reviewed construction horizon
Chronology model: regionally resolved positive bce
moderatePositive BCE integers are used; the larger value is earlier. The range preserves archaeological and calibration uncertainty. The later horizon is included to prevent Bronze Age back-projection. Individual earlier timbers or claimed phases require site-specific dating and reassessment.
- supports · dates
Late Bronze and Iron Age Lake Settlement in Scotland and Ireland: The Development of the ‘Crannog’ in the North and West — Graeme Cavers (2006)Reviews dating and structural evidence and identifies a major crannog event horizon in the mid-first millennium BCE.
Locator: Abstract; dating review; discussion and conclusion - supports · dates
Ballinderry Crannóg No 2, Co. Offaly: the Later Bronze Age — Conor Newman (1997)Reassesses the prehistoric phase of Ballinderry crannog no. 2.
Locator: pp. 91–100; chronology and structural discussion
Interpretation and caveats
The later horizon is included to prevent Bronze Age back-projection. Individual earlier timbers or claimed phases require site-specific dating and reassessment.
Event context
Classification
Event type: wetland settlement construction horizon
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Ballinderry Crannog No. 2, East and central Ireland archaeological search region, Lowland Scotland archaeological search region, Scottish Highlands and islands archaeological search region
Affected entities: Ballinderry Crannog No. 2, East and central Ireland archaeological search region, Lowland Scotland archaeological search region, Scottish Highlands and islands archaeological search region
Why it matters to the timeline
This regional contextual event directly resolves the brief's crannog priority by marking where the strongest evidence chiefly lies outside the primary interval.
Research notes
- Reviews dating and structural evidence and identifies a major crannog event horizon in the mid-first millennium BCE. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Abstract; dating review; discussion and conclusion.
- Reassesses the prehistoric phase of Ballinderry crannog no. 2. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: pp. 91–100; chronology and structural discussion.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides evidence and date
Late Bronze and Iron Age Lake Settlement in Scotland and Ireland: The Development of the ‘Crannog’ in the North and West — Graeme Cavers (2006)Reviews dating and structural evidence and identifies a major crannog event horizon in the mid-first millennium BCE.
Locator: Abstract; dating review; discussion and conclusion - supports · provides evidence and date
Ballinderry Crannóg No 2, Co. Offaly: the Later Bronze Age — Conor Newman (1997)Reassesses the prehistoric phase of Ballinderry crannog no. 2.
Locator: pp. 91–100; chronology and structural discussion