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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Druim na h-Uamha earth house Alternative Name: Valaquie earth houseCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.894 km away from the location you searched for.
County: North Uist Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Map Ref: NF86457546
Latitude: 57.659440N Longitude: 7.259462W
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 |
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Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in North Uist
Canmore 10305
Earth-house, Druim na h-Uamha. The RCAHMS state that the site of this earth-house is to be recognised by a sandy hollow in the surface of a mound amid kitchen refuse.
The structure was discovered during ploughing, c. 1861, by the displacement of a roof lintel-slab at a depth of 90cm. Excavation by Alexander Carmichael in April 1871 showed it to have been a curved gallery of regular outline 6m long in an arc of about 50 degrees, with vertical parallel walls 1.7m apart and 1.5m high. The west end stood at right angles to the side walls but the east end terminated in an angular curve. Although robbed of many of its lintel-slabs between 1861 and 1871 one remained in the centre of the gallery and another spanned the walls 128cm to the west. From this slab to the west end wall the gallery was covered by a domed roof rising to a height of 2.1m from the floor and 1.4m wide inside....The apex of this roof was 0.9m below ground level.
The gallery was entered in the centre of its south wall by a doorway 85cm wide at floor level tapering to 65cm at a height of 85cm. It was blocked by sand and stones 75cm beyond its threshold. Above this doorway was a recess or cupboard 55cm wide and deep and 30cm high. There were similar recesses in the north wall.
Opposite the entrance in the middle of the gallery a midden was found containing bones of deer and domestic animals, shells, pottery and the upper half of a small quern.
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