MHG7754 - 3 Pictish Brochs or Roundhouses, Tournaig
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- BROCH? (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
- (Alternate Type) HUT CIRCLE (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG88SE 3 877 830
Three 'Pictish brochs, or round houses' were 'exposed to view in trenching new land on shores of Loch nan Dailthean at Tournaig several years ago. Some steatite whorls, stone troughs, ashes, and other remains, were found in them'.
The 'stone troughs' are also described as querns and were found when land was trenched in 1879.
J H Dixon 1886.
No further information. Visited by OS (N K B) 12 March 1965.
NG88 2 LOCH nan DAILTHEAN
NG/877 830
Three possible brochs or round-houses are reported to have been found near Tournaig in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, on the shores of Loch nan Dailthean some years before 1886 together with some steatite whorls, stone “troughs”, ashes and other remains [2]. It seems unlikely that the foundations of three brochs were found close together.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NG 88 SE 3: 2. Dixon 1886, 97-8, 104, 142 and 146 (figs.): 3. Close-Brooks 1984, 288. <1>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG1522 Text/Publication/Article: Close-Brooks, J. 1984. ''Some early querns'', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 113 1983, p.282-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 282-9. 288.
- --- SHG2125 Text/Publication/Volume: Dixon, J H. 1886. Gairloch in north west Ross-shire: its records, traditions inhabitants and natural history with a guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree. 97-8.
- <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. NG88 2 LOCH nan DAILTHEAN.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8780 8350 (70m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG88SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | GAIRLOCH |
Finds (2)
- SADDLE QUERN (Undated)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Undated)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11984 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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