MHG159 - Broch, Tulach Buaile A' Chroic
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- BROCH (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Tulach Buaile a' Chroic (Brough) (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1908)
This oblong mound, measuring some 60-70ft in length by 20ft in breadth, covers remains of a broch, small fragments of the wall of which are visible. The mound has at one time been quarried into at S end, and river has eaten into it on E, reducing it to its present form (RCAHMS 1911). It is not mentioned in the list of brochs (Graham 1949). RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910; A Graham 1949.
The remains of Tulach Buaile a' Chroic are as described above; the mound is 3.5m high. It is now impossible to be wholly certain if it is a broch, but traces of walling at NW end of a crescentic, grass-covered ridge, 0.3m high, on top of the mound, are suggestive of its being one.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R B) 15 February 1965.
(ND 1299 5186) Tulach Buaile a' Chroic (NAT) Broch (NR) (remains of) OS 25" map, (1967)
Tulach Buaile a' Chroic applies to remains of a broch, apparent as a turf-covered mound in angle of an old river terrace in N corner of a field. The mound measures 27m NW-SE by 24m transversely and stands, on E half, 3m high; W half has been quarried into leaving a level grassy area delimited by a well-defined scarp, 1.5m high, in NW. No walling is evident. On SE side of mound a trench-like depression suggests that there may have been a ditch.
Visited by OS (J M) 12 November 1981
'Broch', Tulach Buaile a'Chroic. Dimensions: 27 x 24m. Subcircular grass-covered mound 3m high. Its W sector has been quarried away. Possible ditch on SE side.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1531 Text/Publication/Article: Graham, A. 1949. 'Some observations on the brochs', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 81 1946-7, p.48-99. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 48-99. 48-99.
- --- SHG23908 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council Archaeology Unit. Archaeology Images 1981-2 (1). Scanned Image. . Digital (CD). 1982/08/01/027.
- --- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 33, No. 106.
- --- SHG3574 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: xxxxx. B/W Negative. .
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1298 5186 (70m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND15SW |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/8356 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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