Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 586932
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/586932
NC85 1 BUNAHOUN ('Carn Liath') NC/8940 5233
Probable broch in Farr, Sutherland; it is a mainly featureless heap of stones 2m high and situated on a slight rise between the road and the river. Traces of an entrance passage 4.27m (14ft) long were visible on the east [2] and occasional foundation stones of the wallfaces suggest an overall diameter of 18.8m over a wall 4.5m thick [1]; the internal diameter would thus be 9.8m[2]. Few structural features are visible now except an arc of massive basal stones on the south forming the foundations of the outer wall [4].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NC 85 SE 3: 2. RCAHMS 1911a, 62, no. 187: 3. Mercer 1980, 146 no. 1: 4. Swanson (ms) 1985, 768 –69 and plan.
E W MacKie 2007
