Tealing Earth House

It is not a house at all but a souterrain, an Iron Age underground passage lined with stone, long, narrow and curving, of a kind found across Angus. What it was for is still debated, though storage is the likeliest answer, and finds inside it date it to the time of the Roman occupation of Scotland, in the early centuries AD.

When it was discovered in the 1800s, a fine Bronze Age stone carved with cup-and-ring marks was found reused in one of its walls, and you can still see it there. A few metres away stands Tealing Dovecot, a small stone building of the late 1500s. The site is cared for by Historic Environment Scotland and is open all year, free. It is reached across farmland, with steps and a kissing gate, so it is not suitable for wheelchairs.