Monument record MHG7754 - 3 Pictish Brochs or Roundhouses, Tournaig

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Grid reference Centred NG 8780 8350 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG88SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish GAIRLOCH

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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.

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  • --- 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.
  • --- 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.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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