souterrain
Sign in to saveAlso known as souterrain (archaeology), earth house, earth houses, Picts' houses, Pict's house, Eirde house
thumb|Souterrain on Canna, Scotland|Canna in the [[Hebrides]] thumb|upright=1.3|Panoramic view of a souterrain contemporary with a ringfort dating to around 700 AD, built within a much earlier barrow cemetery, in County Armagh, Northern Ireland Souterrain (from French ''''), meaning "subterrain", is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the European Atlantic Iron Age.
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Within Vinony's link graph, souterrain is referenced by 190 other articles, and connects out to French, Scotland and archaeology.
It sits within the topics Archaeology in Europe, House types and Subterranea (geography).
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- underground structure
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- Commons category
- Souterrains
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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