Borgie basement
The Iron Age Borgie Souterrain in Tongue between the River Borgie and the C1007 (road) in Sutherland in Scotland is a basement ( Welsh Fogou - English called Earth House ) immediately below the ridge on which the Borgie Cairn once stood. It is one of 40 basements in Sutherland. In the case of basements, a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements.
It was discovered accidentally when a man was looking for large stones for a field wall on the embankment. To his surprise, the stone covered the entrance to the chamber of a well-preserved stone-built basement.
About 1.8 m deep in the earth lies the very well preserved, about 1.8 to 2.4 m wide curved passage of about nine meters in length. The chamber went on, but is buried. The walls of the basement are made of rough stones, the roof of flat stone slabs as wide as the structure.
On the other side of the River Borgie are the Cairns of Coillenaborgie .
See also
literature
- Ian AG Shepherd: Exploring Scotland's Heritage. Grampian . HMSO, Edinburgh 1986, ISBN 0-11-492453-8 .
Web links
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Description Engl. Sketches and pictures
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Coordinates: 58 ° 30 ′ 5.8 ″ N , 4 ° 16 ′ 24 ″ W.