MHG1977 - Broch - Carn A' Chladha
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Type and Period (1)
- BROCH (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
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Full Description
Carn a' Chladha (NAT) Broch (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
The ONB (1871) mentions traces of a terrace round it.
Name Book 1871
This is a grassy hillock measuring c70ft diameter and 10ft height. The character of the stones visible on the surface would indicate that it is a broch (RCAHMS 1911).
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909
Carn a' Chladha is undoubtedly a broch. It is now visible as a grass-covered stony mound 3.0m maximum height and about 21m in diameter, on flat top of a larger mound 4m maximum height and 36m in diameter, which is probably part-natural. A berm varying in width from 1-3.5m separates the top of the slopes of the inner broch mound from the bottom of slopes of outer mound for almost the whole of the circumference. It is mutilated on E side by quarrying. One course of dry- stone walling, 3.7m long, is discernible in the S arc of the inner mound.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 22 October 1965
Carn a' Chladha, remains of a broch generally as described in the previous field report, except that height of the basal mound is 1, and not 4m.
Visited by OS (J M) 11 March 1982
'Broch', Carn a Chladha. Diameter: 21m. Grass-covered mound 3m high lying on a larger mound.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
ND25 6 CARN A' CHLADHA ND/2313 5233
Possible broch in Watten, Caithness, consisting of a grassy hillock about 21m (70ft) in diameter and 3.0m (10ft) high which rests on the flat top of a larger mound 1.0m high [1]. One course of the curved outer wallface, 3.7m long, can be seen on the south-east.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 25 SW 4: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 129, no. 467. <1>
The site was Scheduled by Historic Environment Scotland in 2017. <2>
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG14520 Image/Photograph(s): Carn A' Chladha. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14521 Image/Photograph(s): Carn A' Chladha. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- 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. . 129, No. 467.
- --- SHG3342 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 12, 110.
- <1> SHG26111 Text/Publication/Monograph: Mackie, E.. 2007. The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c.700 BC - AD 500: Architecture and material culture Part 2 (I & II) The Northern and Southern Mainland and the Western Islands. BAR British Series. 444. Paperback. ND25 6 CARN A' CHLADHA.
- <2> SHG27813 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Environment Scotland. 2017. Addition to the Schedule of Monuments: SM13632 Carn A' Chladha, broch. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 2314 5233 (69m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND25SW |
| Civil Parish | WATTEN |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM13632 (View online HES Designation record)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/8801 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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