Culsh Earth House

Culsh Earth House
Type:	Earthworks
Country:	Scotland
County:	Aberdeenshire
Grid Ref:	NJ504055
Latitude:	57.137630
Longitude:	-2.819621
Accuracy:	to 15m (GPS with SA off)
Datum:	WGS84
Date:	April 2005
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View in Google Earth:	KML file

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This is not strictly an earthworks, more a souterrain. Earth houses were not houses for living in, and do not seem t have had a defensive purpose as they are obvious from the ground. They may have been more a type of cellar. These were usually built next to a hut in a small group of dwellings, and this one dates from around 0BC. Just inside the passage on the left side there is a cup-marked stone the builders presumably swiped from a stone circle. Wish I'd read that before my visit ;-)