Basement in Glen Bracadale
The basement in Glen Bracadale , southwest of the hole Duagrich, on the Isle of Skye in the Highlands in Scotland is a ruined Erdhouse. It lies in a cairn of earth that is partly artificial. The access is about 1.8 m from the river bank. In the case of basements , a distinction is made between "earth-cut", "rock-cut", "mixed", "stone built" and "wooden" basements. Basement areas usually occur in connection with Iron Age structures. More than 500 have been located in Scotland. About 20 of them are on Skye. In the case of basements, a distinction is made between “rock-cut”, “earth-cut”, “stone built” and “mixed”.
The (stone built) basement has the shape of a narrow gallery made of dry masonry and a flat roof, which was about 25 cm below the surface of the hill.
The first 1.8 m of the walls are relatively destroyed, but later they are preserved to a total length of about 7.8 m. In between, the room is filled with rubble to lengths of 4.8 or 6.3 m. Where the walls have been preserved, several ceiling panels with lengths of 0.9 and 1.2 m have also been preserved. The excavation can be followed up until it falls into a circular funnel, the center of which is about 4.5 m from the last fall. Under one of the lintels, the gallery is 0.75 m wide.
Other basements on Skye:
See also
literature
- Roger Miket: The souterrains of Skye. In: Beverley Ballin Smith, Iain Banks (eds.): In the shadow of the brochs. The Iron Age in Scotland. Tempus, Stroud et al. 2002, ISBN 0-7524-2517-X , pp. 96-97.
Web links
- Entry on basement in Glen Bracadale in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 57 ° 21 '56 " N , 6 ° 21' 17" W.