Tealing Earth House

Last updated
Tealing Earth House
Tealing souterrain 08.jpg
Outside view of Tealing Earth House
Tealing Earth House
Interactive map of Tealing Earth House
Location Tealing, Angus, Scotland
Coordinates 56°31′55″N2°57′26″W / 56.531855°N 2.957222°W / 56.531855; -2.957222
Type Souterrain
Length24.4 m (80 ft)
Width2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height2 m (6 ft 7 in)
History
Material Stone
Site notes
Management Historic Environment Scotland
Public accessYes
Website Historic Environment Scotland
Official nameTealing, Souterrain
TypePrehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house
Designated10 November 1937
Reference no. SM90299

Tealing Earth House is an Iron Age souterrain in Tealing, Angus, Scotland. [1]

Contents

Description

The Tealing Earth House dates from around the first and second centuries AD. The underground construction probably served as a storage place. [2]

The souterrain is curved with a length of 24.4 m (80 ft), width of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). [2] It originally would have had stone slabs covering the chamber. Two Bronze Age cup and ring marked stones were repurposed for the structure's internal walls. [2]

Illustration of Tealing Earth House's footprint Earth house Tealing Anderson 1883 scotlandinpagant00andeiala 0324.jpg
Illustration of Tealing Earth House's footprint
Bronze Age cup and ring marked stone used to construct the wall Tealing Earth House 20090616 cup and ring marks.jpg
Bronze Age cup and ring marked stone used to construct the wall

History

In 1871 the souterrain was discovered by a farmer during ploughing of the field. Three years later in 1874 the site was excavated by antiquarian Andrew Jervise.

It was discovered that the chamber was composed of a series of compartments and would have been roofed by stone slabs. There was also a room at the end of the chamber formed by two upright slabs. Two Bronze Age cup and ring marked stones were used in the construction of the walls. There was also several finds including animal bones, native pottery sherds, 10 quern-stones and Roman glass and pottery. [2]

In the 1970s the repair and consolidation work was performed on the souterrain to maintain the structure. This has altered the original architecture of the souterrain. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tealing Earth House". www.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tealing Earth House". www.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Tealing Earth House - Statement of Significance" (Document). Historic Environment Scotland. 2017. p. 3.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.