Braelangwell
Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Braelangwell
Classification Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 273757
Site Number NH66SE 36
NGR NH 6943 6378
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273757
- Council Highland
- Parish Resolis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66SE 36 6943 6378
The site occupies a promontory falling steeply N and W, but partly destroyed on the E by a cutting for Braelangwell estate road. At 25m from the tip, a 5m bank and 3m ditch are still extant for 20m SW-NE. Within this area is an oval enclosure, 7m N-S by 5m, within a stony bank 4m thick, and part of a secondary enclosure NE.
NH 6924 6369 At the confluence of Allt a Mhadaidh and Allt Dynie, on the river-eroded terrace at the base of a spur, is a mound, 14m square, nearly 2m high.
Other features include a longhouse foundation 25 by 7m with some adjacent field plots at NH 6950 6390, and small massive walled structures near the bridge at NH 6944 6400, probably esstate related: a heavy built foundation into the slope immediately south-east, and at NH 6943 6398 against the east bank of Ballycherry Burn.
T C Welsh 2004.
