Monument record MHG7819 - Broch, Blarbog
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 1694 9007 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NH19SE |
Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | GAIRLOCH |
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Full Description
NH19SE 1 1695 9008.
(NH 1695 9008) Pitish Tower (OE) (Remains of).
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
The foundation of a circular mound or old wall about 30 feet in diameter, on the north bank of Allt Raon a'Chroisg about 5 chains above the Ullapool Road, is stated by A G Pirie Esq., proprietor of the Leckmeln Estate, to be known locally and traditionally as the remains of a Pictish Tower. Lt Col T P White who signed this note, (1886) taken from the survey trace,could not trace any descriptive name for it.
Name Book 1875; D Macdonald, A Polson and J Brown 1931
Calder and Steer could find no trace of a 'Pictish Tower' (? broch)
and the oldest local inhabitant had never heard of its existence.
Visited October 1947.
C S T Calder and K A Steer 1948-9
At the published site there is a grass-and-heather- covered knoll, bordered on two sides by a steep ravine. Many loose rubble stones litter the hillock, suggesting some kind of previous construction, but there is nothing to indicate a broch. The knoll is not circular now, but it appears to have been quarried on the north side.
Visited by OS (N K B) 6 October 1964
No change to previous report
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 September 1970
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2437 Text/Publication/Volume: MacDonald, Polson and Brown, D, A and J. {1931}. The book of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, Orkney and Shetland: descriptive, historical and antiquarian notes. 75.
- --- SHG3367 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 35, 189.
- --- SHG667 Text/Publication/Article: Calder and Steer, C S T and K A. 1951. 'Dun Lagaidh and four other prehistoric monuments near Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 83 1948-9, p.68-76. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 68-76. 76.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM