Monument record MHG783 - Fort, Buaile Oscar
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 0593 5577 (274m by 340m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND05NE |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | REAY |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
Buaile Oscar (NAT) Fort (NR) OS 6"map, (1963)
'Buaile Oscar' (Oscar's Fold) is a probable Early Iron Age fort, consisting of a single wall generally 12ft thick, but increasing to 15ft in thickness. The entrance, on WNW, is 5ft wide and lined with large slabs. (The chambered cairn described on ND05NE 12 lies on the summit of the hill, within this fort.)
R W Feachem 1963; RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
The remains of this fort are as described above.
Visited by OS (W D J) 13 April 1962.
Buaile Oscar is a uni-vallate fort on the summit of Beinn Freiceadain measuring 290m NNW-SSE by 150m transversely. The wall is best destinguished in NW where there is a simple entrance, 1.5m wide, where it is 4m thick and up to 1m high, and inner and outer facing slabs are evident.
In N and NW the wall survives as a terrace surmounted by a slight bank, and in the S as a tenuous heathery scarp, except for a marked stretch of walling, 2-2.5m broad and up to 0.5m high, in the SE. A natural cliff forms the defence in the NE.
Visited by OS (J M) 9 July 1962.
Sources/Archives (8)
- --- SHG11830 Image/Photograph(s): AP : Fort, Buaile Oscar.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11845 Image/Photograph(s): AP : Fort, Buaile Oscar.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2053 Text/Publication/Volume: Close-Brooks, J. 1986. Exploring Scotland's Heritage: The Highlands. 144, No. 75; illust..
- --- SHG2187 Text/Publication/Volume: Feachem, R W. 1963. A Guide to Prehistoric Scotland. 1st. 114.
- --- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 95, No. 354.
- --- SHG3769 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3770 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3772 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
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Record last edited
May 31 2016 2:41PM
