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<< Our Photo Pages >> Culsh - Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 18 January 2004  Page Views: 11755

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Culsh
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)

Map Ref: NJ5048305488  Landranger Map Number: 37
Latitude: 57.137612N  Longitude: 2.819768W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
5 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
4

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SandyG visited on 10th Nov 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 2 Access: 5

megalithicmatt visited on 1st Jan 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Fun place to crawl around in.

Chrus visited on 1st Jan 0000 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 5

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Culsh 028 submitted by Andy B : Part of the Burnham family holiday to Tomintoul, Moray in August 2003 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Souterrain in Aberdeenshire

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Culsh 30 submitted by Andy B : Part of the Burnham family holiday to Tomintoul, Moray in August 2003 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Culsh submitted by coin : enterance from the inside (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Culsh 32 submitted by Andy B : Part of the Burnham family holiday to Tomintoul, Moray in August 2003 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Culsh submitted by SandyG : Interior. View from the end looking towards the entrance (10th November 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Culsh submitted by coin : interior

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Culsh submitted by coin : picture of the enterance, looking towards the road, and where the hut could have been

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Culsh submitted by cosmic : The Entrance.

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Culsh submitted by SandyG : A possible cup marked stone on the left side as you enter the passage (11th November 2014).

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Culsh submitted by SandyG : The souterrain entrance in around 1977.

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Culsh submitted by Bladup : Culsh Souterrain.

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Culsh submitted by Bladup : Inside Culsh Souterrain.

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Culsh submitted by postman : The end

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Culsh submitted by postman : The beginning

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Culsh submitted by durhamnature : Drawing, 1883, from "Scotland in Pagan Times" by Joseph Anderson, via archive.org

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Culsh submitted by coin : end of the souterrain

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Culsh submitted by coin : picture of the enterance

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Culsh submitted by cosmic : The South side of main chamber.

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Culsh submitted by cosmic : The North Side Wall.

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Culsh submitted by cosmic : The entrance curves away.

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Culsh submitted by cosmic : Looking back to the entrance.

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Re: Culsh by bec-zog on Wednesday, 21 January 2004
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Nice to see the interior of this souterraine . On my visit to the the site internal access was not allowed, (hence no underground photos')
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