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Photo Pages: Ardestie - Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Scotland in Angus

Submitted by Nick on Tuesday, 05 November 2002  Page Views: 5110
Megaliths in Scotland Site Name: Ardestie
Country: Scotland County: Angus Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: Dundee  Nearest Village: Mains of Ardestee
Map Ref: NO502344  Landranger Map Number: 54
Latitude: 56.499029N  Longitude: 2.810533W
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.
3 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
4

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Ardestie submitted by rldixon

Souterranian in Angus

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 fence and has an information board beside the gate

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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

Ardestie Souterrain submitted by Nick
The souterrain looking ESE

Ardestie Souterrain submitted by Nick
The souterrain looking south

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

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    Re: Ardestie (Score: 1)
    by coldrum on Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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