Kinord basement
The basement of Kinord (also known as Kinord Earth house , Kinord Fogou or Old Kinord group ), discovered in 1872 while plowing, is located west of Dinnet south of Loch Kinord and north of the A93 in Aberdeenshire in Scotland .
The approximately 6.4 m long, Y-shaped ending, now lost basement was excavated at the beginning of the 20th century by John Abercromby (1841-1924). In the case of basements, a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements. The vertical walls of this “stone built” basement, which supported the slab roof, were not made of dry masonry, but from about 30 mostly large, upright stone slabs. The maximum aisle width was 90 cm and the maximum height 75 cm. The entrance to the basement was in an enclosure about 18.0 m in diameter, around which was a curb ring laid at intervals. The floor of the enclosure was paved and interrupted at the entrance to the earth house. There were traces of fire and charcoal in many places. A second, but unpaved, enclosure touched the circle. The finds included a carved stone ball 75mm in diameter and lots of ash and charred wood.
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literature
- Frederick T. Wainwright: Souterrains in Scotland. In: Antiquity. Vol. 27, No. 108, 1953, ISSN 0003-598X , pp. 219-232, doi : 10.1017 / S0003598X00025084 .
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Coordinates: 57 ° 4 '36.6 " N , 2 ° 55' 7.6" W.