Constown is an extraordinary Bronze Age site in Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In 2002-2003 it was excavated by Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the results of which are presented here. A total of 74 Middle Bronze Age roundhouse platforms were identified and organised into pairs or short rows, the majority of which appeared to be contemporary. The Corrstown village represents a site type hitherto unknown in Britain and Ireland, where the standard settlement pattern consists of roundhouses occurring in relative isolation or in small conglomerations.

List of Illustrations	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Background to the archaeological excavation	p. 3
Surprising results	p. 5
Bronze Age occupation	p. 5
Early medieval occupation	p. 10
Post-excavation processing	p. 10
Structure of this volume	p. 12
Excavation Results	p. 13
Summary	p. 13
Structure types and terminology	p. 14
Type 1 structures	p. 14
Type 2 structures	p. 15
Other structures	p. 16
The structures	p. 20
The road (F100) and large path (F101)	p. 154
Material Culture and Environmental Analysis	p. 156
Lithics: Maria O'Hare	p. 156
Raw materials	p. 158
Reduction strategy: bipolar-on-anvil technique	p. 158
Primary assemblage: reduction	p. 161
Secondary production: tools	p. 163
Contexts for lithics	p. 164
Conclusions	p. 166
Pottery: Helen Roche and Eoin Grogan	p. 167
Early Neolithic bowls	p. 168
Discussion	p. 169
Middle Bronze Age assemblage	p. 170
Methodology	p. 174
Fabric details and vessel construction	p. 179
Decorative motifs and surface treatment	p. 180
Undecorated vessels	p. 184
General discussion	p. 185
Stone artefacts: Eoin Grogan	p. 186
Axes	p. 186
Macehead	p. 189
Moulds	p. 190
A note on the stone types: Stephen Mandal	p. 194
Seed Analysis: Örni Akeret (Palaecology Research Services (PRS))	p. 195
Analysis of the Corrstown Site	p. 197
Summary	p. 197
Structure types	p. 202
Type 1 structures	p. 202
Shared features of the Type 1 structures: ditches	p. 202
Shared features of the Type 1 structures: walls	p. 205
Shared features of the Type 1 structures: entrances	p. 206
Shared features of the Type 1 structures: postrings	p. 207
Shared features of the Type 1 structures: drains	p. 207
Shared features of the Type 1 structures: internal features	p. 208
Shared features of the Type 1 structures: internal space	p. 209
Sub-division of the type 1 structures	p. 209
Type 1A: single segmented ditch roundhouse	p. 210
Type IB: concentric segmented ditch roundhouse	p. 211
Type 1C: conjoined concentric segmented ditch roundhouse	p. 212
Type ID: freestanding structure	p. 213
Type IE: Small abutting structure	p. 214
Type IF: undetermined segmented ditch roundhouse	p. 215
Type 2: narrow slot roundhouses	p. 215
Anomalous structures	p. 218
Roundhouse reconstructions	p. 218
Rebuilding cycles	p. 220
Population estimates	p. 223
Domestic unit	p. 224
Roads and pathways	p. 225
The roads in context	p. 228
Enclosure	p. 229
Chronology	p. 230
Spatial analysis	p. 234
Typological analysis	p. 234
Artefact analysis	p. 240
Discussion	p. 240
From Inception to Abandonment	p. 241
The significance of the Corrstown landscape: with contributions by Maria Lear	p. 241
The diet of the Corrstown inhabitants	p. 244
Building alignment	p. 245
Structured deposition?	p. 247
Movement	p. 250
Burial	p. 251
Organization and property	p. 251
Abandonment	p. 252
Corrstown in Context	p. 256
The North Coast: an economic and social landscape	p. 256
The Corrstown settlement in an Irish context	p. 258
Status	p. 260
Categorising the Corrstown Settlement	p. 261
Conclusions	p. 262
Bibliography	p. 264
An analysis of the Radiocarbon Dates from Corrstown, Co. Londonderry by Cormac McSparron (Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast)	p. 274
Medieval Corrstown: with contributions by Maria Lear	p. 288
Cappagh Beg: Steve Linanne with contributions by Victoria Ginn	p. 294
Structure A	p. 294
Structure B	p. 295
Structure C	p. 297
Nearby features	p. 297
Structure D	p. 299
Discussion	p. 301
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