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<< Image Pages >> Druim na h-Uamha earth house - Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Scotland in North Uist

Submitted by durhamnature on Tuesday, 18 September 2012  Page Views: 2487

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Druim na h-Uamha earth house Alternative Name: Valaquie earth house
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.1 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:
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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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
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Druim na h-Uamha earth house
Druim na h-Uamha earth house submitted by durhamnature : Drawing from Alexander Carmichael's survey, 1871, via archive.org Site in North Uist Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Druim na h-Uamha earth house
Druim na h-Uamha earth house submitted by Postman : Souterrain entrance, small, but it's got a good beach view. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Druim na h-Uamha earth house
Druim na h-Uamha earth house submitted by Postman : Only 18 inches or so high, plagued by big black flies, I didn't go round the bend, nearly but not quite. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Druim na h-Uamha earth house
Druim na h-Uamha earth house submitted by Postman : Stood on top of the souterrain looking west-ish (Vote or comment on this photo)

Druim na h-Uamha earth house
Druim na h-Uamha earth house submitted by Postman : Stood on top of the souterrain looking east-ish. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Druim na h-Uamha earth house
Druim na h-Uamha earth house submitted by durhamnature : Drawing from Alexander Carmichael's survey, 1871, via archive.org Site in North Uist Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Druim na h-Uamha earth house
Druim na h-Uamha earth house submitted by durhamnature

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