Carlungie and Ardestie Earthhouses can be found in farmland north of Monifieth

Monifieth

Monifieth is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the North bank of the Firth of Tay on the East Coast...

 and Carnoustie

Carnoustie

Carnoustie is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast...

. They date to the late Iron Age, from the 1st to 2nd centuries AD. They are examples of souterrain

Souterrain

Souterrain is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the Atlantic Iron Age. These structures appear to have been brought northwards from Gaul during the late Iron Age. Regional names include earth houses, fogous and Pictish houses...

s, probably used to store food.

Ardestie Earthhouse

Ardestie earthhouse was discovered in the 1940s to the north of Mains of Ardestie farm. It was excavated in 1949-1950 by F.T. Wainwright, who first suggested that the function of the souterrain was as an underground cow byre, although grain storage and ritual use have also been suggested. Incorporated into the structure are recycled stones with neolithic/bronze age cup and ring marks

Carlungie Earthhouse

Carlungie earthhouse was excavated in 1950-1951, also by Wainwright. It is of similar date and a similar interpretation of its utilisation was made..