Greenhill basement
The Greenhill Souterrain is a prehistoric underground structure ( Souterrain ) on the Inner Hebridean island of Tiree in the Council Area Argyll and Bute in Scotland . In the case of basements , a distinction is made between "earth-cut", "rock-cut", "mixed", "stone built" and "wooden" basements.
The “stone built” basement of Greenhill was uncovered in the late 19th century in the dunes of Urvaig, about 300 m northwest of Greenhill House on the west coast of the island. According to the records of the time, it consisted of two corridors, each at least 6.0 m long, which lay at the ends of a slightly curved, approximately 9.2 m long gallery. The orientation is not known. The corridors were 0.6 to 0.76 m wide, while the gallery was 1.2 m wide, except at the inner end, and at another point where the width was reduced to 0.9 m on one side. The walls were provided with corbels and stood in six layers up to a height of about 1.5 m. Much of the roof formed from lintels was in situ . The basement was presumably entered from one or both corridors, but neither corridor was fully explored. No finds are made and the remains have been covered with sand again.
A little to the north are the Kilkenneth Cairn and the basement of Kilkenneth .
See also
literature
- Ian Armit: Scotland's hidden history. Tempus, Stroud 1998, ISBN 0-7524-1400-3 , pp. 87-88.
Web links
- Entry on Greenhill Basement in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 29 '22.6 " N , 6 ° 58' 26.4" W.