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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kinord earth houseCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Aberdeenshire Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Map Ref: NO444988
Latitude: 57.076844N Longitude: 2.91877W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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. |
| 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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Canmore site 33980
In 1872 an earth-house was discovered during ploughing about 90m from the moat of Gardiebane. It was excavated, revealing an elongated Y-shaped plan, 6.4m long. The walls supporting the roof of slabs were formed by a single course of stones set on edge. The maximum width was 90cm and maximum height 75cm. A stone ball, 75mm diameter, and a quantity of cinders and charred wood were found.
The entrance to the earth-house was within an enclosure about 18m in diameter, around the circumference of which was a ring of stones placed at intervals. The floor of the enclosure consisted of a pavement which was continous with the pavement of the earth-house. At many points there were traces of fire and charcoal. Touching this circle was another unpaved enclosure, possibly a cattle-pen.
In 1968 there was no trace of this earth-house and no local knowledge of its site, but fortunately there is a good drawing from its original discovery.
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