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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tealing
Country: Scotland County: Angus Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: Kirriemuir
Map Ref: NO412381  Landranger Map Number: 54
Latitude: 56.531224N  Longitude: 2.957542W
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
 3

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SandyG visited on 16th Nov 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 4

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Tealing Souterrain
Tealing Souterrain submitted by Nick : Tealing is just north of Dundee on the A929. Turn into the village and follow the road round, and look for the signpost. The souterrain is down a track and over a stile in a field behind the doocot (16th century pigeon house). This site dates from approximately 100 AD, and is a well preserved example. These earth houses were covered over with thatched roofs, and used for storage. The cup and ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Angus

Tealing is just north of Dundee on the A929. Turn into the village and follow the road round, and look for the signpost. The souterrain is down a track and over a stile in a field behind the doocot (16th century pigeon house).

This site dates from approximately 100 AD, and is a well preserved example. These earth houses were covered over with thatched roofs, and used for storage. The cup and ring marked stone at the northern entrance is thought to have been taken from another site and used in the construction.

It has been described thus : This souterrain was accidentally discovered during agricultural operations in 1871. It is curved in plan, and the inner end is rounded; it appears to have been divided into two compartments, and is c 80' long. Its greatest width is 8-1/2', 5' from the inner end, and its maximum height is c 6'4". The sloping floor, where it is not natural rock, seems to have been paved. Finds included charcoal, animal bones, a piece of Samian ware (possibly 2nd century), a bracelet, bronze rings, cinerary urn fragments, 10 querns, whorls, and remains of stone cups. It was not known in 1932 where these finds were, but in 1940, a fragment of Roman glassware from a 1st-2nd century 'pillar-moulded' bowl found here was donated to the NMAS. Built into the N wall of the entrance passage, 2' from the doorway, is a cup-and-ring-marked stone measuring 3' by 2', and there is also a cup-marked stone 12' S of the entrance. It measures 4'6" x 2'6" x 6". It remains in a good state of preservation, and enclosed by a fence.
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Tealing
Tealing submitted by SandyG : Panoramic view from north west. Note the cup marked stone on the edge of the souterrain (16th November 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tealing submitted by SandyG : The southern end of the souterrain. View from north west (16th November 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tealing submitted by SandyG : The entrance door jambs and cup and ring marked stone. View from south (16th November 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tealing submitted by SandyG : Panoramic view from the south west (16th November 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tealing submitted by SandyG : Cup marked stone lying on the edge of the souterrain. View from west (16th November 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tealing submitted by cosmic : Inner wall - some six feet tall

Tealing Stones
Tealing Stones submitted by cosmic : Tealing Standing Stones in Angus at NO-416397 are more round than most standing stones. The larger one is about five feet high by the same across. The smaller one is about half that size. They are reached up a track from the cottages below Huntingfaulds.

Tealing Stones
Tealing Stones submitted by cosmic

Tealing Stones
Tealing Stones submitted by cosmic

Tealing Souterrain
Tealing Souterrain submitted by rockartuk : Grid: NO412381. In a field behind a farmhouse at Balgray, 7 km N of Dundee on a side road of the A929, lies this 'Earth-house' or souterrain. On the N side this cup-and-ring decorated slab forms a part of the wall. The site is in the care of Historic Scotland and signposted.

Tealing Souterrain
Tealing Souterrain submitted by Nick : Close-up of cup and ring mark on stone near entrance

Tealing Stones
Tealing Stones submitted by Nick : Take the A929 north from Dundee towards Tealing. Turn off before Tealing at Tinkletap, and park in the yard (ask permission). Take the track north to the old shed, then west towards another track running SW/NE. 50 metres NE up this track the stones lie up on the left. This pair of stones is not very impressive, with no cup marks or rings visible, but the view from their location is fine.

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Tealing submitted by durhamnature : Detailed plan and cross-sections, from "Journal of British Archaeology" via archive.org

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Tealing submitted by durhamnature : 1883 drawing from "Scotland in Pagan Times" by Joseph Anderson via archive.org

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Tealing submitted by hamish : This little stone sits here unnoticed with its little collection of cup marks.

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Tealing submitted by hamish : The entrance with the cup and ring stone on the left. This stone is becoming seriously weathered.

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Tealing submitted by hamish : This stone at the top of the wall has strange markings on it. The marks on the top of the stone look a bit like Ogham.

Tealing Stones
Tealing Stones submitted by hamish : It's such a shame that this is allowed to happen. A total lack of thought by those concerned.

Tealing Stones
Tealing Stones submitted by hamish : This is the smaller stone, it was completely covered by cut down gorse bushes when I arrived. I tried to pull them off but they were too heavy.

Tealing Stones
Tealing Stones submitted by hamish : This is the large stone seen edge on. The ambience of the site has diminished by the local farm piling cut gorse bushes over the stones.

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Tealing submitted by cosmic : South end of Soutterain

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Tealing submitted by cosmic : Tealing entrance from Inside

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Tealing submitted by cosmic : Main corridor at Tealing

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Tealing submitted by cosmic : Tealing Sign

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Re: Tealing Stones by Anonymous on Sunday, 08 August 2004
Recently visited the Tealing Stones, and noticed just above the area on the small hill, a group of smaller stones that resembled a Hill Fort or Clachan . Do you have any info or ideas?
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