Tungadale basement
The basement of Tungadale is about 150 meters east of Loch Duagrich on the Scottish island of Skye . In the case of the basement, a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements.
Tungadale is a partially destroyed basement (also called earth house or weem here), which about 20 cm below the surface has kept a long, straight gallery made of dry masonry with long lintel stones in good condition. Access is currently only possible through a break in the roof and the wall in the northeast. The gallery runs in a south-westerly direction with a maximum height of about 0.9 m.
The walls are well built and several large panels have been installed on the south side. At the northeast end of the gallery there is evidence in a silt that the gallery continues in a curve to the north and back to the west and there perhaps with two oval cells, placed at the ends of a line, runs roughly parallel to the first gallery. The references to the oval cells are vague and their existence can only be verified through excavation. They appear to be 3.6 and 2.7 m long and about 2.1 and 1.8 m wide cavities.
See also
Web links
- Entry on Tungadale Basement in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Description Engl. and pictures
Coordinates: 57 ° 22 ′ 37 " N , 6 ° 18 ′ 51.7" W.