Excavations at Dun Vulan: A reinterpretation of the reappraised Iron Age

Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 276, 1998, Pages 327-337

  Gilmour, Simon ^a   Cook, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AOC (Scotland) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brochs; Iron Age; Scotland; Western Isles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000142120     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00086609     Document Type: Article

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