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Dun Buidhe, Melness House
Broch (Iron Age)
Site Name Dun Buidhe, Melness House
Classification Broch (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 5405
Site Number NC56SE 4
NGR NC 5818 6040
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC56SE 4 5818 6040.
(NC 5817 6041) Dun Buidhe (NAT) Broch (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1962)
Dun Bhuidh, 'The remains of an ancient building, but so ruinous that its original form cannot be distinctly traced.... The skeletons of some men were found buried near it some years ago. One of them measured in length above 7 feet. Upon being expose for some time to the air, they mouldered into dust.'
Statistical Account (OSA) 1792
A broch (J Anderson 1873) demolished about 1840 by Mr Paterson of Melness who said a skeleton was found in it but whether this is a reference to one of the earlier finds is not clear.
Name Book 1874; J Horsburgh 1870; J Anderson 1873
No structural remains. The grass-grown mound, 80m in diameter and 7m high, is natural.
Visited by OS (JLD) 21 April 1960
No trace.
Visited by OS (ISS) 30 June 1971
No change to previous reports.
Visited by OS (JM) 22 August 1978
