Archaeology Notes

Event ID 650394

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NC70SW 8 7080 0364, 7093 0364 and 7089 0359

(Name: NC 7094 0363) Site of the Conflict of (NAT) Torran Dubhach (NR) (A.D. 1517)

OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)

Torran Dubhach: 'This name signifies the 'woeful' or 'sorrowful knoll' and applies to three small knolls situated on the N of the River Fleet. The conflict of Torran Dubhach took place in 1517, between the McKays of Strathnaver and the inhabitants of the SE of Sutherland. The former were totally routed after suffering considerable loss.'

Name Book 1873; Brocon nd.; H Morrison 1883; J Mackay 1895; A MacKay 1914.

Three natural mounds in cultivated ground, accentuated by being ploughed round the base and with field clearance stones dumped upon them.

Visited by OS (J M) 19 May 1981.

NC 708 036 A watching brief was carried out in November 2000 on the excavation of a trench for a water main adjacent to the site of the Battle of Torran Dubhach in 1517 (NMRS NC70SW 8). No archaeological features or objects were revealed.

Report to be lodged with Highland SMR.

Sponsor: Gordon Allen.

C Dagg 2001