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Bighouse
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bighouse
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lower Bighouse
Canmore ID 6912
Site Number NC86SE 7
NGR NC 8984 6387
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6912
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC86SE 7 8984 6387.
(NC 8984 6387) Cairn (NR)
OS 25"map, (1976)
At NC 8984 6387 is a cairn measuring about 26.0m in diameter, reduced by robbing to a heather-covered stony platform averaging 1.0m high. About 4.0m in from the N edge is an upright slab facing ENE-WSW and measuring 1.1m long by 0.3m thick which protrudes from the debris to a height of 0.7m. Its purpose is uncertain.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 1 November 1972.
This cairn is generally as described by OS field surveyor (A A). The slab is aligned roughly radial to the centre of the cairn. It is possibly part of an entrance passage, although there is no other evidence to suggest a chambered cairn.
Visited by OS (J B) 21 June 1977.
(NC 898 640) ? Broch. Diameter 20m. Massive walls.
R J Mercer 1980.
A cairn. No evidence of walls.
Visited by OS (N K B) 8 July 1981.
Publication Account (2007)
NC86 1 BIGHOUSE ('Lower Bighouse') NC/8984 6387
Possible broch or cairn in Farr, Suther-land, consisting of the remains of a circular building with a massive wall and an overall diameter of about 20m[2].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NC 86 SE 7: 2. Mercer 1980, 145, BIG 27: 3. Swanson (ms) 1985, 758.
E W MacKie 2007
