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Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 587552
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/587552
NS43 1 CAMP CASTLE (‘Craigie’)
NS/4279 3272
This probable broch in Craigie stands on bare rock on the uneven summit of a hillock, 270m west of Meadowhead farmhouse. It was first described as a dun in 1961, when a brief excavation was carried out [2], and then as a broch by Feachem [3]. A wall 4.58m (15 ft) thick was found which enclosed a circular space 9.15m (30 ft) in diameter. Only the foundations remain, consisting of huge undressed boulders forming the outer and inner faces with the rubble core between. Part of a mural chamber 1.53m (5 ft) wide was exposed. On the west side, much of the wall has been removed, probably to build dykes. The facing stones are large irregular blocks measuring up to 1.1m by 0.8m and 0.5m in height [4].
Dimensions: the overall diameter is 19.5m from north to south by 19.1m over a wall at least 4.8m in thickness [4].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NS 43 SW 2: 2. T A Hendry in Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1961, 25: 3. Feachem 1963, 163: 4. RCAHMS 1985, 11, no. 38.
E W MacKie 2007
