MHG12393 - Broch - Dun Buidhe
Summary
Demolished broch
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Dun Buidhe (NAT) Broch (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1962)
Dun Bhuidh, 'The remains of an ancient building, but so ruinous that its original form cannot be distinctly traced.... The skeletons of some men were found buried near it some years ago. One of them measured in length above 7 feet. Upon being expose for some time to the air, they mouldered into dust.'
OSA 1792
A broch (J Anderson 1873) demolished about 1840 by Mr Paterson of Melness who said a skeleton was found in it but whether this is a reference to one of the earlier finds is not clear.
Name Book 1874; J Horsburgh 1870; J Anderson 1873
No structural remains. The grass-grown mound, 80m in diameter and 7m high, is natural. Visited by OS (JLD) 21 April 1960
No trace. Visited by OS (ISS) 30 June 1971
No change to previous reports. Visited by OS (JM) 22 August 1978
On a flat-topped grassy mound at the base of a gentle grassy slope, overlooking a rocky shore lies the site of a broch, demolished in 1840, as noted in the NIvIRS. The mound on which the broch stood is c 80 m in diameter, apparently natural and shows no signs of visible structural remains. About 50 m to the SW is a large clearance-heap made up from mixed large boulders and smaller rubble: this may represent the remains of the broch. Further rubble has been dumped down-slope at the shore edge, immediately SE of the site. <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG1182 Text/Publication/Article: Horsburgh, J. 1870. 'Notes of cromlechs, duns, hut-circles, chambered cairns, and other remains, in the County of Sutherland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 7, 1866-8, pp 271-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 277.
- --- SHG1281 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. & Shearer, R.I.. 1873. Notice of the excavation of the brochs of Yarhouse, Brounaben, Bowermadden, Old Stirkake, and Dunbeath in Caithness, with remarks on the period of the brochs, and an appendix, containing a Collected list of the Brochs of Scotland, and Early notices of man. Archaeologia Scotica Vol. 5. 131-98. 191 ( appendix).
- --- SHG2606 Text/Publication/Volume: Sir John Sinclair (ed.). 1791-9. The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. 520.
- --- SHG3367 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No, 35, 24.
- <1> SHG21099 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Brady, K. & Morris, C.D.. 1997. North Sutherland Survey: Coastal Zone Assessment Kyle of Durness to Torrisdale Bay. Glasgow University (GUARD). 30/01/1998. . p.178 Site 41.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 5818 6040 (70m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC56SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | TONGUE |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://trove.scot/place/5405 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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