Caen Burn
The basement of Caen Burn is on the west side of the Caen Burn Glen ( brook valley), in a small scattered settlement , in the Strath of Kildonan near Hemsdale in the county of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is one of 40 basements in Sutherland. In the case of the basement, a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements.
Within a collection of foundations of beehive huts, there is a hut 10.5 m in diameter, surrounded by a small wall. The access is in the east. Inside is the entrance to the basement. The opening is inside the widened wall here, to the right of the entrance to the hut. From here, a corridor that is initially only slightly curved and then kinks downwards leads downwards. The basement is about 8.0 meters long. At its inner end it is about 1.5 meters high and more than a meter wide.
Souterrains are a system of underground passages and chambers or niches. A connection of basements with structures above ground such as duns , raths or house-like round buildings is not unusual.
literature
- Robert Gourlay: Sutherland. A historical guide. Birlinn, Edinburgh 1996, ISBN 1-874744-44-0 p. 97
- Archd. Black Scott: The Earth-Houses of Kildonan, Sutherland. In: The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries. Vol. 13, No. 52, 1899, ISSN 2042-0013 , pp. 155-160, here pp. 159-160, JSTOR 25516929 .
See also
Web links
- Entry on Caen Burn in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 58 ° 8 ′ 39.7 " N , 3 ° 40 ′ 56.2" W.