Beinn Tighe
Beinn Tighe is a basement on a hill ( Scottish Gaelic Beinn ) on the island of Canna , which is part of the Scottish Inner Hebrides in the Highlands . In the case of basements, a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements.
The hill on the east side of a field wall is about 15 m in diameter. The north-south facing partially buried basement consists of two sections. The entrances are in the roof. The upper section is about 6.0 m long and the lower 3.8 m. These two sections were previously interpreted as two separate basements, but it is clear that they belong to the same structure. Inside, the basement varies in width between 0.8 and 1.3 m. Its walls are cut into the rock (rock-cut), in places there are stretches that consist of walls ( stone-built ). The capstones lie on some support pillars or the side stones. A basic distinction is made between “rock-cut”, “earth-cut”, “stone built” and “mixed” basement areas.
See also
literature
- Frederick T. Wainwright: Souterrains in Scotland. In: Antiquity. Vol. 27, No. 108, 1953, ISSN 0003-598X , pp. 219-232, doi : 10.1017 / S0003598X00025084 .
- Frederick T. Wainwright: Houses and graves. In: Frederick T. Wainwright: (Ed.): The problem of the Picts. Nelson, Edinburgh et al. 1955, pp. 87-96.
- Frederick T. Wainwright: The souterrains of Southern Pictland. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1963.
Web links
- Entry on Beinn Tighe in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
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Coordinates: 57 ° 3 '52.8 " N , 6 ° 32' 50.9" W.