Basement of Port nan Long
The basement of Port nan Long ( German port - also called Screvan) is Newton Ferry in the north of the Hebridean island of North Uist in the Highlands in Scotland . In the case of the basement , a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements. It was partially excavated in 1887 and closed again. The underground chamber, undisturbed since the Iron Age , was found again when a hole about 3.0 m deep opened under the wheel of a tractor.
The well-preserved "stone built" basement is located in a sandy hill near Screvan, on the west side of Port nan Long ( English Newtonferry ). The entrance, which consists of a short curved staircase, was found under a stone slab. A long corridor less than three feet high leads to a large chamber. The basement chamber is an oval structure over three meters in diameter. Its top is about one meter below the surface of the earth. Archaeologists agreed that the corridor led to a wheelhouse - a circular structure made of drywall , divided by a number of walls or stone pillars arranged radially like the spokes of a wheel.
The archaeologists found animal bones with cut marks, some inserted into niches in the wall. An intact lamb skull was discovered at the back of the chamber.
Dun an Sticir is a brochure on the Hebridean island of North Uist, about 500 m south of Newtonferry.
See also
Web links
- Description (English)
- Entry on the basement of Port nan Long in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 57 ° 41 ′ 15.5 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 2.5 ″ W.
