Monument record MHG12460 - Broch, Langdale Burn
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6925 4496 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC64SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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Full Description
Langdale Burn, Strathnaver, NC64SE0001
Brochs are round, tower-like houses, their monumental size intended to display the wealth and status of the agricultural communities who lived in them. They were occupied in the later Iron Age and occur frequently in the N and W of Scotland. (41)
This broch occupies a very commanding position on a ridge above the Langdale Burn. Like many of the brochs in Strathnaver, its location allows it to dominate both the fertile strath below it and the extensive area of level ground, now above the limit of cultivation, stretching away behind it to the west. (53)
Today, the broch appears as a mound of very large stones, with the inner face of the drystone wall visible around the entire circuit. The entrance passage and a possible guard chamber are also identifiable. (35)
(9.5m/13.5m)
Armit, I., 1997. Celtic Scotland. Edinburgh: Batsford.
Gourlay, R., 1996. Sutherland. An Archaeological Guide. Edinburgh: Birlinn.
RCAHMS. 1911. Sutherland. Edinburgh: HMSO, 59-60, No. 177.
Information from SCRAN Project, March 2000.
(NC 6926 4496) Broch (NR) OS 6"map, (1961)
The remains of a broch occupying a commanding position on a ridge above Langdale Burn. It has been built of large stones and has a diameter of about 31ft within a wall 15ft to 17ft thick. The inner face is exposed for a max height of 3ft. The entrance, 3ft wide at the outer end, is from the W, its S wall surviving to a height of 3ft 6ins and incorporating a built door-check.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
The broch is reduced to a tumbled mass of stone 1.5m high, but the internal wall face is traceable around almost the whole circuit. The external face is less apparent except on the W, where the entrance passage 1m wide can be seen. Internally the broch meausres 9.5m N-S by 8.7m transversely, with the wall 4.1-5m thick. Crude facing on the N side of the entrance may indicate a guard chamber.
Visited by OS (J L D) 7 May 1960 and (J B) 7 August 1978.
Tongue/Farr Local Plan, Oct 1995: P6/1.24.
J Aitken : 11/06/01.
Sources/Archives (15)
- --- SHG17871 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17872 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17873 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17874 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17875 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17876 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17877 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17878 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17879 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17880 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17881 Image/Photograph(s): Langdale Burn. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 59-60, No. 177.
- --- SHG9599 Image/Photograph(s): Broch, Langdale, Strathnaver. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG9606 Image/Photograph(s): Broch, Langdale, fr. E, Strathnaver. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG9613 Image/Photograph(s): Broch, Langdale, ent. passage. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
