Monument record MHG12393 - Broch, Dun Buidhe

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5818 6040 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC56SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish TONGUE

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Type and Period (2)

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

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- 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.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 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 m. Archaeol Scot. 131-98. 191 ( appendix).
  • --- 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.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No, 35, 24.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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