Milton of Whitehouse
The basement Milton of Whitehouse, excavated in 1894, is located near the eponymous farmhouse near Ballater in Aberdeenshire in Scotland . In the case of basements, a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements.
At the (stone-built) basement Milton of Whitehouse, a connection between an underground and an above-ground complex was discovered. The 11.0 m long Earthhouse is located in a sand hill. The floor is paved at the inner end over a length of about 2.7 m. No capstones were found above the pavement, so the material used must have been wood.
About 5.4 m from the entrance there is a trapezoidal, 2.3 m long and at the wider end 1.6 m wide pavement made of flat stones that are above the level of the field. Ash was found all around, which is one of the remains of an above-ground wooden structure. Before the Earthhouse was discovered, large amounts of ash had been plowed in a hollow in the field near the Earthhouse.
The finds consisted of a piece of bronze wire , a spindle whorl , a millstone fragment, shards of clay pots and lots of ash and charred wood.
About 3.8 km away is the largely destroyed hook-shaped basement Milton of Migvie.
See also
literature
John Abercromby: Exploration of circular enclosures and an underground house near Dinnet, on Deeside, Aberdeenshire , In: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol. 38, 1903-4. Pp. 120-2
- Joanna Close-Brooks: Exploring Scotland's heritage. The highlands. HMSO, Edinburgh 1986, ISBN 0-11-492460-0 .
Web links
- Entry on Milton of Whitehouse in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 7 ′ 31.8 " N , 2 ° 57 ′ 51.2" W.
