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Ribigill, Tongue, Sutherland
Souterrain (missing): OS Grid Reference – NC 5821 5471 Also Known as: Canmore ID 5354 Archaeology & History The Royal Commission (1911) lads paid a visit to this site in June, 1909, after an earlier report—allegedly by James Horsburgh—told there to have … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, Souterrains, Sutherland
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, earth houses, fogous, heritage, Iron Age, Kyle of Tongue, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, Ribigill, sacred sites, Scotland, souterrains, Sutherland, Tongue, underground, weems
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Pitcur Souterrain (3), Kettins, Perthshire
Souterrain: OS Grid Reference – NO 2529 3738 Also Known as: Canmore ID 30539 The Cave Pitcur II (Wainwright) Getting Here From Coupar Angus, take the A923 road southeast for nearly 2½ miles where you reach the crossroads. Keeping walking along … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Souterrains
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Coupra Angus, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth houses, fairies, fogous, folklore, heritage, Kettins, legends, little people, Newtyle, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, pictish, Picts, picts house, Pitcur, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, shamanism, souterrains, weems
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Overlee, Clarkston, Renfrewshire
Souterrains & Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 577 572 Also Known as: Canmore ID 43802 Archaeology & History This was an astonishing-sounding place, little-known beyond the pages of specialist historians. It has been described in modern terms as simply “subterranean structures”, … Continue reading
Posted in Renfrewshire, Scotland, Souterrains
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Busby, Cathcart, Clarkston, earth mysteries, Eastwood, fogous, Glasgow, heritage, history, Iron Age, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Renfrewshire, sacred sites, settlements, shamanism, shamans, souterrains, Strathclyde, sweat lodges, underground houses, weems
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Fenton Hill, Airlie, Angus
Souterrain (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NO 3044 5040 Also Known as: Airlie II Canmore ID 32376 Archaeology & History One in a cluster of at least seven souterrains that could once be found to the east of Alyth, this was first described … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Scotland, Souterrains
Tagged Airlie, Alyth, Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, earth houses, Forfarshire, heritage, Iron Age, Picts, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, souterrains, Strathmore, Tayside, weems
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Brae of Airlie, Airlie, Angus
Souterrain (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NO 3102 5187 Also Known as: Airlie IV (Wainwright) Canmore ID 32383 Archaeology & History One of a number of souterrains that existed hereby, remains of which may still exist beneath the ground. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Scotland, Souterrains
Tagged Airlie, Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, earth houses, Forfarshire, heritage, Iron Age, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, souterrains, Strathmore, Tayside, weems
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Barns of Airlie (2), Airlie, Angus
Souterrain (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NO 3052 5152 Also Known as: Airlie III (Wainwright 1963) Canmore ID 32385 Archaeology & History There are no remains left of this old ‘weem’, earth-house, or souterrain as they are now commonly known. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Scotland, Souterrains
Tagged Airlie, Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, earth houses, Forfarshire, heritage, Iron Age, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, souterrains, Strathmore, Tayside, weems
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