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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ardestie - Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Scotland in Angus

Submitted by Nick on Tuesday, 05 November 2002  Page Views: 15517

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ardestie
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.158 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Angus Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: Dundee  Nearest Village: Mains of Ardestee
Map Ref: NO5019434441  Landranger Map Number: 54
Latitude: 56.499396N  Longitude: 2.810638W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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markj99 visited on 18th Nov 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Ardestie Souterrain is easy to visit but it is a little over-restored and airy for my taste. I prefer a more subterranean experience in keeping with the original site.

SandyG visited on 16th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4

jeffrep visited on 13th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

DrewParsons rldixon have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4

Ardestie
Ardestie submitted by rldixon : Ardestrie Earth House july 2006 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Souterrain in Angus

Revised access and general information added by Drew Parsons after September 2012 visit: From Dundee drive east on the A92. Turn north on the B962 and 100 metres along this road there is a car park area from where a 190 metre gravel path leads you to the site. The site is thought to date from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Four hut sites were located around the souterrain with hut 4 having direct access to the chamber. The site sign (photos below) illustrate this. One of the stones used in the construction of the souterrain has a cup mark and is thought to date from around 2000 BC having been reused from a previous site.
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Ardestie
Ardestie submitted by SandyG : The conjoined stone dwellings and souterrain at Ardestie. View from above and north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ardestie submitted by rldixon : taken with a fish eye adaptor july 2006 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ardestie submitted by jeffrep : Excavated Ardestie Souterrain near Dundee, Angus, Scotland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ardestie submitted by guba : Ardestie Earth House Oct 2003 Map Ref: NO502344 Landranger Map Number: 54 Latitude: 56.499029N Longitude: 2.810533W (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ardestie Souterrain
Ardestie Souterrain submitted by Nick : The souterrain looking ESE

Ardestie Souterrain
Ardestie Souterrain submitted by Nick : The souterrain looking south

Ardestie Souterrain
Ardestie Souterrain submitted by Nick : From the A92 east from Dundee, turn north onto the B962. There is a muddy parking spot about 100m up this road. The site is visible to your left from here. Park and walk back to the main road, then west alongside the main road for about another 100m. There is a path leading north to the site from here. Be careful walking along the A92 as traffic is heavy and fast. The site is surrounded by a... (1 comment)

Ardestie
Ardestie submitted by SandyG : Souterrain and stone dwellings at Ardestie. View from above and south.

Ardestie
Ardestie submitted by SandyG : The very well preserved souterrain and dwellings at Ardestie. View from the above and north east.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : Hut 1. September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : The shellfish tank (see the excavation plan photo on this page for its location). September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : Hut 1 outside the souterrain with huts 2, 3 and 4 behind it. September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : View into the excavated souterrain constructed around 150 AD. September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by postman : Drains?

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Ardestie submitted by postman : Super souterain if a little airy

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Ardestie submitted by postman : A very interesting site

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : Illustration from the Historic Scotland site sign showing how there was an access passage from Hut 4 into the souterrain. September 2012

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : View of one of the huts with the souterrain behind it. September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : View of the floor of the souterrain. The vertical tiles form the drain. September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : View across the souterrain towards the four huts at this site. September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : General view of the excavated souterrain. September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : Detail from the Historic Scotland site sign. September 2012.

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Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons : Plan of the excavations undertaken in 1949. From the site sign photographed in September 2012.

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Re: Ardestie by DrewParsons on Sunday, 28 October 2012
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Revised access and general information added by Drew Parsons after September 2012 visit The coordinates for its location have also been refined: From Dundee drive east on the A92. Turn north on the B962 and 100 metres along this road there is a car park area from where a 190 metre gravel path leads you to the site. The site is thought to date from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Four hut sites were located around the souterrain with hut 4 having direct access to the chamber. The site sign (photos below) illustrate this. One of the stones used in the construction of the souterrain has a cup mark and is thought to date from around 2000 BC having been reused from a previous site.
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Re: Ardestie by coldrum on Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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