Carn A' Bhodaich
Beacon (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Carn A' Bhodaich
Classification Beacon (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Tarbat Ness
Canmore ID 15624
Site Number NH98NW 2
NGR NH 94700 87591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15624
- Council Highland
- Parish Tarbat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH98NW 2 9469 8759
(NH 9469 8759) Carn a' Bhodaich (R) (Site of Roman Landmark)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907).
See also NH98NW 11.00.
Near the site of the lighthouse at Tarbat Ness is the foundation of a monument, built, it is said, by the Romans as a landmark.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
Carn a'Bhodaich, a turf-covered mound c.8.0m in diameter and 0.8m high, with a content of rounded beach stones visible in two small mutilations. Possibly a cairn, but could be a beacon stance. Not Roman.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J B), 21 September 1977.
This mound is as described above. The association of its name with the nearby ruined mound of Carn na Cailliche (NH98NW 15 ) (the names presumably meaning 'Cairn of the old man' and 'Cairn of the old Woman) points to the probability of a recent date, and possible uses as beacon stances or landmarks.
Visited by OS (J B) 21 September 1977
This has been a desk assessment area.
J Wordsworth, SSSIs, Scottish Natural Heritage, 1993.
Roman monument (alleged); cairn / beacon stance - not seen, heavy heather cover.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
Field Visit (September 1977)
Carn a' Bhodaich NH 946 875 NH98NW 2
A mound of earth and stones measuring 8m in diameter and standing 0.8m high has been identified as a possible cairn, but it is probably a beacon stance of no great age.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1977
(Roy 1747-55, sheet 27 /5; NSA, xiv (Ross and Cromarty), 460)
