Monument record MHG928 - Chambered Cairn, Tulach Buaile Assery
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 0575 6019 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND06SE |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
Tulach Buaile Assery (Brough) (NR)
OS 6"map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
Tulach Buaile Assery is a turf-covered long horned cairn of Orkney-Cromarty group, with a Camster-type chamber.
The body of cairn is about 204ft long, 42ft wide at W end and 65ft wide at E end; this end is about 12ft high and virtually intact. At W end fairly clearly defined horns project obliquely an additional 20ft. The horns at E end were not visible in 1956 but in 1910 they were about 26ft long. There are remains of a possible chamber 26ft in from W end of cairn, and a recent hole halfway up NE side of E end opens into another chamber, now partially collapsed.
RCAHMS 1911; A S Henshall 1963.
This long horned chambered cairn is as described.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 3 November 1964.
(ND 0575 6019) Tulach Buaile Assery (NAT) Chambered Cairn (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
Tulach Buaile Assery - a chambered cairn as described by Miss Henshall.
Revised at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 18 September 1981.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2115 Text/Publication/Volume: Davidson, JL and Henshall, A S. 1991. The chambered cairns of Caithness: an inventory of the structures and their contents. 149-50, no. 59; plan.
- --- 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. . 39, No. 136.
- --- SHG357 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 75-7, 296, CAT 59; plan.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
