Monument record MHG12697 - Broch, Stone Lamp, Dun Torrisdale
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6773 6185 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC66SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | TONGUE |
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Full Description
NC66SE 4 6773 6185.
Dun Torrisdale (NR) OS 6"map, (1964)
The mutilated remains of a dun, Dun Thorasdal (Morrison 1882) or Dun Torrisdale (Information from George MacKay, Postmaster, Torrisdale), situated on a knoll immediately S of disused sandpit. The remains form a mound 15m diameter and 3m in maximum height on NE. Morrison notes the robbing of several underground chambers for building stone, and a stone lamp from the sandpit (Info from George Mackay) was donated to the NMAS by W J MacKay in 1955-6 (PSAS 1958) (Acc.No. AQ 120)
H Morrison 1882; 1883; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1958.
A quarried stony mound, about 18m diameter, truncated on NE by a sand pit. The size, situation and quality of stone in the mound suggest that it may have been a broch.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (I S S) 14 July 1971.
No change. Visited by OS (J B) 15 September 1977.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2538 Text/Publication/Volume: Morrison, H. 1883. Tourist's guide to Sutherland and Caithness. 98.
- --- SHG556 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1958. ''Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 89 1955-6, p.458-66. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 458-66. 459, No. 20.
- --- SHG605 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1882. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, and exhibits', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 16 1881-2, p.9-15, 37-40, 58-61, 144-56,176-80,236-41,401-18. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 9-15, 37-40, 58-61, 144-5. 177.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
