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Possible site of souterrain (Wainwright's Rescobie II). 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 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 (NO55SW0003) which name would be suggestive of a souterrain site, and the location was deemed by Wainwright to be perfect with gently sloping ground. The excavation, carried out in April, September and October 1951, located the tipped boulders (high explosive was required for the heaviest boulders, but the only structure found was a stone-built platform 11 ft square, apparently to carry a crane built against the side of a quarry. The rediscovered quarry was 1200 yards square and Wainwright speculated that it had removed the souterrain, or that the siting of trenches was simply unlucky.
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NO55SW0006 - RESCOBIE