Archaeology Notes

Event ID 727340

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX54NE 3 59347 48270.

(NX 5934 4827) Castle Haven (NAT) Broch (NR).

OS 6" map (1957)

(NX 5935 4825) Human Remains found AD 1905 (NAT).

OS 6" map (1910)

Castle Haven: This galleried dun, cleared of rubble and partly reconstructed in 1905 by James Brown of Knockbrex, is D-shaped and stands partly on the chord of and partly within a large enclosure of similar shape, which may or may not be contemporary. The dun measures 60' by 35' within c.15' thick walls; the outer court measuring twice as much. Barbour also notes a line of rampart extending from the NE side of the dun, running SE for c.350' then turning SW for c.230' till it meets the shore, thereby enclosing the promontory.

Relics found during the clearance include both Early Iron Age and 8th/9th century objects, as well as a human skeleton which was found on the floor of the outer court, against the E wall of the central structure.

R W Feachem 1963; J Barbour 1907; A E Truckell 1963

Castle Haven (name confirmed), as described and planned above, but nothing could be made of Barbour's 'rampart' on the east side. It is in good condition.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 26 January 1971

Two bronze spiral finger-rings.

E J MacKie 1971