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Rescobie
Souterrain (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Rescobie
Classification Souterrain (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 34955
Site Number NO55SW 6
NGR NO 5200 5340
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34955
- Council Angus
- Parish Rescobie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO55SW 6 c.520 534.
(NO 5201 5341) An excavation to locate a reported souterrain uncovered only structures associated with a quarry.
The souterrain was reported on 30 March 1951 by the farmer (J Compton, West Mains of Turin) whose grieve said the passage had been found in 1939 and that it was paved and high enough to walk along without stooping, that the roof consisted of slabs 'in steps' and that in 1940 he had tipped some twenty loads of boulders and flagstones into it. The site appeared to fall somewhere in the vicinity of Wemyss Castle
(NO55SW 3) which name would be suggestive.
The excavation carried out in April, September and October 1951 located the tipped boulders but the only structure found was a stone-built platform 11' square, apparently to carry a crane built against the side of a quarry.
F T Wainwright 1963; Information from F T Wainwright.
Note (1978)
Rescobie 2 NO c. 520 534 NO55SW 6
The remains of what may have been a souterrain were discovered in 1939; more recent excavations failed to relocate the site.
RCAHMS 1978
(Wainwright 1963, 206-8)
