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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Crichton Souterrain
Country: Scotland County: Midlothian Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: Pathhead Nearest Village: Chrichton
Map Ref: NT40016191
Latitude: 55.846650N Longitude: 2.959644W
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.

4 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.

no data 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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**Crichton Souterrain** submitted by crannog : Amazing! Tight squeeze along entrance tunnel, muddy but fun, once inside spacious enough to stand up, walk around etc. VERY atmospheric!!!! Site in Midlothian Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Midlothian

Take wellies and a torch, lookout for pegasus carved in the ceiling.

For more information see Canmore ID 54797, an extract of which reads: "This well-preserved souterrain, which was re-roofed in the 19th century, is situated on the N side of a low ridge 300m WNW of the fort NT46SW 10. The curved chamber measures 15.7m in length and tapers from 2m in breadth at the SE end to 1.5m at the NW end. The partly buried lintel of a possible entrance is visible at the NW end, but today access to the chamber can only be gained from the NE through a side passage with a low 'creep'. The walls of both the chamber and the side passage incorporate numerous blocks of Roman ashlar, and one of the eight original lintels of the chamber appears to bear carving in relief of a roughly executed Pegasus, the emblem of Legio II Augusta. It is probable that the Roman material was removed from an adjacent military road-post, probably of Antonine date."

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