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Submitted by austenjohnreid on Monday, 21 June 2010 Page Views: 6343

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wester Yard Houses Souterrain
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 5.054 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Lanarkshire Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: Carnwath Nearest Village: Newbiggin
Map Ref: NT004508
Latitude: 55.740307N Longitude: 3.587951W
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

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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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**Wester Yard Houses Souterrain** submitted by Scary77 : Site in South Lanarkshire Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in South Lanarkshire

The entrance is under a field wall and the passage about 10ft underground.
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