ARO31: Brian Hope-Taylor’s archaeological legacy: Excavations at Mote of Urr, 1951 and 1953

By David Perry

with contributions by Simon Chenery, Barbara Crawford, Derek Hall, Mhairi Hastie, Davie Mason, Richard D Oram and Catherine Smith
Illustrations by Dave Munro, Christopher Fyles and Jennifer Simonson

This publication brings the research at Mote of Urr into the public domain after more than half a century since Brian Hope-Taylor undertook his excavations at the site. The foreword addresses Hope-Taylor’s legacy, and a new and detailed discussion of the history of the Mote and its ownership complements the account of the fieldwork, which is illustrated with archive photographs. The finds and samples are also described, and the concluding discussion updates our present knowledge of the history and archaeology of the Mote.

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