Monument record MHG6994 - Castle Findlay
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8880 5140 (154m by 188m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH85SE |
| Old County | NAIRNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | NAIRN |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
Map
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Full Description
NH85SE 7 8880 5140.
Castle Findlay (NAT) Vitrified Fort (NR) OS 6" map, (1959)
Castle Finlay (NR) OS 6" map, Nairnshire, 2nd ed., (1906)
"Castle Finlay" (spelling confirmed) a partly vitrified fort with outworks on knoll in fork of 2 streams. It is oval plan measuring c33m N-S by c16m transversely within a turf-covered wall of rubble stones spread to c6m in which occasional burnt stones and a few small pieces of vitrified stone can be seen. The entrance is not evident.
The fort is surrounded at a lower level by a ditch, average width c3m and depth c1m, scarped into slope with upcast forming an outer rampart c3.5m wide and c1m high. This defence is broken at two places, in E where there is a declevity leading down slope from fort to a water-hole or cistern, and in N where defence is offset. Outside latter is a hornwork probably protecting entrance which was almost certainly in this quarter.
A modern footpath is constructed through the defence in the SW.
Surveyed at 1/2500 (Visited by OS {R D} 26 November 1965).
R W Feachem 1963; Visited by OS (R L) 14 January 1971.
Castle Findlay [NAT] Fort [NR] OS 1:10,000 map, 1980.
Information from ARCH Community Timeline Project: Auldearn:
Also sometimes spelled Castle Finlay.
Add to bibliography:
Anderson, George 1857. 'On certain Vitrified [and Unvitrified] Forts in the neighbourhood of Loch Ness and the Moray Firth,' Archaeologica Scotica v. 4, pp. 196-7. <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG2187 Text/Publication/Volume: Feachem, R W. 1963. A Guide to Prehistoric Scotland. 1st. 140.
- --- SHG2425 Text/Publication/Volume: Love J, McMullen E (ed). 1994. A Salmon for the Schoolhouse, A Nairnshire Parish in the C19.
- --- SHG2672 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 10, No. 43.
- --- SHG43 Text/Publication/Article: Nisbet, H C. 1975. 'A geological approach to vitrified forts, part II: bedrock and building stone', Science and Archaeology, Vol 15, pp 3-16. p 13, No. 52.
- <1> SHG25449 Collection/Project Archive: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 08/2011. Digital site gazetteer and archive for ARCH Community Timeline Project: Auldearn. Yes. Site 13.
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Record last edited
Sep 9 2011 1:26PM
