![]() Entrance to Culsh Earth House | |
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Location | Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
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Coordinates | 57°08′15″N2°49′11″W / 57.1376°N 2.8197°W |
Type | Souterrain |
Length | 14.5 m (48 ft) |
History | |
Material | Stone |
Site notes | |
Management | Historic Environment Scotland |
Public access | Yes |
Website | Historic Environment Scotland |
Official name | Culsh, Souterrain |
Type | Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house |
Designated | 23 May 1994 |
Reference no. | SM90091 |
Culsh Earth House is an Iron Age souterrain in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [1] [2] It is named after Culsh farmsteading nearby, which is still in use to the present day. [3] [4] The site is near the village of Tarland. [5]
Culsh Earth House has a Statement of Significance from Historic Environment Scotland. [5]
The Culsh Earth House dates from around the year zero. The underground construction probably served as a storage place.
The souterrain is simple in design and well preserved, complete with flat stone ceiling. The Earth House consists of a curved hallway. From the entrance, the corridor continues straight and then bends to the right. The total length of the corridor is roughly 14.5 meters. [5] At the end the corridor is slightly wider and higher than the rest of the corridor.