Monument record MHG932 - Chambered Cairn, Tulloch of Assery
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 0675 6186 (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
A well-preserved chambered round cairn (Cat 70), probably later one of two chambered cairns known as Tullochs of Assery. (See also ND06SE 9) Before excavation by Corcoran in 1961 in advance of raising of level of Loch Calder, it was a large circular, grass-covered mound, c110ft diameter and over 12ft high with no evidence of a chamber. The excavation revealed an eccentrically set chamber with an entrance passage in SE, a massive internal revetting wall and an outer wall-face of good quality masonry. Corcoran regarded cairn as being of one build but Miss Henshall suggests two phases. Finds from excavation in NMAS.
J X W P Corcoran 1967; A S Henshall 1972; NMAS 1977.
Cairn resurveyed at 1:25,000 Visited by OS 3 November 1964.
Corcoran's excavation remains open but otherwise cairn is well-preserved although water of loch lap its margins and have caused some damage.
Visited by OS 17 August 1981.
Sources/Archives (8)
- --- SHG1376 Text/Publication/Article: Sharples, N M. 1986. 'Radiocarbon dates from three chambered tombs at Loch Calder, Caithness', Scot Archaeol Rev Vol. 4 1986, p.2-10. Scot Archaeol Rev. 2-10. 2-10.
- --- SHG1668 Text/Publication/Article: Corcoran, J X W P. 1967. 'The excavation of three chambered cairns at Loch Calder, Caithness', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 98 1964-6, p.1-75. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 1-75. 1-75; plans.
- --- SHG1670 Text/Publication/Article: Corcoran, J X W P. 1962. 'The excavations of three chambered tombs in Caithness in 1961', Archaeol News Letter Vol. 7 1962, p.155-9. Archaeol News Letter. 155-9. 156.
- --- SHG1767 Text/Publication/Article: Cruden, S. 1961. 'Tulloch of Assery B', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1961, p.53. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 53. 52.
- --- SHG2115 Text/Publication/Volume: Davidson, JL and Henshall, A S. 1991. The chambered cairns of Caithness: an inventory of the structures and their contents. 159-63, no. 70; plan.
- --- SHG2589 Text/Report: NMAS. 1977. NMAS 23rd Annual Report. . 11.
- --- 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. . 44, No. 161.
- --- SHG358 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1972. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 2. 2. Paper (Original). 203-81 (passim) 554-8, 621, CAT 70; plans.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
