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Langwell Plantation Souterrain is an Iron Age underground stone-built passage structure located 130 metres west of the Kennels in Caithness, Scotland. Souterrains of this type, known in Scotland as earth-houses, are characteristic of the later Iron Age and were constructed as subterranean chambers, likely serving domestic, storage, or defensive functions within settlement complexes. The monument is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland INSPIRE database under reference SM3436. As a surviving example of Iron Age settlement archaeology in northern Scotland, it contributes to understanding the material culture and settlement patterns of prehistoric communities in the far north of Britain.
Langwell Plantation,souterrain 130m W of Kennels is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3436. View the official record →
Langwell Plantation Souterrain is an Iron Age underground stone-built passage structure located 130 metres west of the Kennels in Caithness, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3436.
Langwell Plantation,souterrain 130m W of Kennels dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a souterrain 130m w of kennels. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Langwell Plantation,souterrain 130m W of Kennels is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3436.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Langwell Tulloch, broch 400m SE of Turnal Rock (0.4 km), Borgue Langwell, homestead 150m NW of broch, Berriedale (0.5 km), Turnal Rock, hut circle complex 250m NW of Langwell Tulloch broch. (0.6 km).
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