Culsh Earth House

The following site is worth a visit as you travel along Deeside, it is a Scheduled Ancient Monuments.  The site is managed by Historic Scotland, access is free but the site is unmanned.  

A well-preserved underground passage, with roofing slabs intact over the large chamber and entrance. About 2000 years old. Culsh Earth House, around 14.5m long and 1.8m wide, falls between the two extremes. It is built of large granite boulders and still has its roof of massive flagstones intact. regional types. They range from the massive earth houses of Angus and Perthshire, averaging some 46m2 in area, to those in the Northern Isles providing a mere 5m2 of floor space. The latter date from around 400 BC, whereas the former were most likely built in the first two centuries AD.

Photo provided courtesy of Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service.