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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: ArnabostCountry: Scotland County: Isle of Coll Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Village: Arnabost
Map Ref: NM20966003
Latitude: 56.648602N Longitude: 6.553981W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Argyll
Details of this souterrain on the Isle of Coll are given on The Northern Antiquarian's (TNA) page: Arnabost, Coll, Argyll.
More information can be found on Canmore ID 21706, which tells us: "There is now no trace of the souterrain that was discovered at Arnabost about 1855 during the construction of the road from Sorisdale to Ballyhaugh; it lay under the carrigeway, immediately S of the junction with the road to Arinagour. From the entrance, which was situated on the NW side of the road and is now covered by a modern house, the passage extended SE in a gentle arc for about 11.6m before it broadened into a roughly circular chamber about 2.1m in diameter. The passage was about 0.7m in width and the walls were corbelled, rising to a maximum height if about 1.3m. The roof consisted partly of stone lintels and, according to the original account (E Beveridge 1903), partly of wood. The use of wood is most unusual, but it has also been inferred in the case of the souterrain at Bankfoot, Perthshire (NO03SE 13)."
In 1896 the chamber was excavated and a bronze pin, several fragments of coarse pottery, at least two flint flakes, and some bones and shells were found; two blue glass beads and 'a piece of twisted gold' are also said to have been found on other occasions. Only the two beads and the pin are known to have survived; one bead is in the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, and the other bead and the pin are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland."
The Canmore Entry also tantalisingly adds "the passage is repurted to be still under the modern road, but its truncated SE end was sealed up with dry-stone walling some years ago."
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