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Latitude: 57.1376 / 57°8'15"N
Longitude: -2.8197 / 2°49'10"W
OS Eastings: 350486
OS Northings: 805486
OS Grid: NJ504054
Mapcode National: GBR WP.4CBR
Mapcode Global: WH7N3.NVHM
Entry Name: Culsh,souterrain
Scheduled Date: 23 May 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM90091
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house
Location: Tarland
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
The monument is a souterrain, an underground storage chamber of the Iron Age, situated immediately to the north of the Culsh farm steading on the edge of the A974 road.
The souterrain is stone walled and roofed with stone slabs. It measures about 14.5 m long, between 0.75m and 1.8m broad and up to 1.8m high. There are two cupmarks on the northern wall. Its entrance lies at the western end.
The area to be scheduled measures 20m WNW to ESE by 20m transversely, bounded on the north side by the main road and on the south side by the farm buildings (which are specifically excluded from the scheduling), as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved souterrain in an area where few are safe and open to the public.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NJ 50 NW 1.
References:
Jervise, A 1865, 'Notes on the 'Eirde House', at Culsh, in Tarland, Aberdeenshire', Pro Soc Antiq Scot, vol. 5, 283-4.
Simpson, W D 1943, The Province of Mar, being the Rhind Lectures, Aberdeen University Studies, 121 Aberdeen, 74.
Historic Environment Scotland Properties
Culsh Earth House
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/culsh-earth-house
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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