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Resolis
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Building (Period Unknown), Cup (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Resolis
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Building (Period Unknown), Cup (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 13648
Site Number NH66NE 7
NGR NH 679 655
NGR Description NH c.679 655
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13648
- Council Highland
- Parish Resolis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NE 7 679 655.
(Area: NH 680 654) 'The circular base of an ancient Pictish house', on the glebe of Resolis, was trenched over about 1834.
About 1 1/2' below the surface a handled stone cup was found. It was in the possession of the parish minister - Rev. Donald Sage - in 1836.
New Statistical Account (NSA, written by Rev D Sage - 1836) 1845.
There is no trace of a 'circular feature' in any of the fields of the Glebe, surrounding the church and manse of Resolis. These fields have long been cultivated, and the Rev J A Newall has never noticed any peculiarity in the ground. He has no knowledge of the previous existence or present whereabouts of the stone cup, although he lives in the former residence of the Rev. Donald Sage.
Visited by OS (R B) 14 January 1966.
Note (1979)
Resolis NH 66 NE 7
About 1834 what may have been a hut-circle was noted on 'the upper part' of the glebe of Resolis.
RCAHMS 1979
NSA, xiv (Ross and Cromarty), 45
Publication Account (2007)
NH66 1 RESOLIS
NH/679655
Possible broch on the glebe of the manse of Resolis, exposed in 1834 as “the circular base of an ancient Pictish house” which was “trenched over” in about 1834 [1]. No trace of any structure is visible now [1]. The find (see below) tends to support the diagnosis of the site as a broch.
Find: in 1836 a handled stone cup found at the site was apparently in the possession of the Minister, the Rev. D Sage [2].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NH 66 NE 7: 2. New Statistical Account 1845, 14, 45.
E W MacKie 2007
