Broubster, 'torr An Craoibhe'
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Broubster, 'torr An Craoibhe'
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7942
Site Number ND06SW 16
NGR ND 0339 6029
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7942
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06SW 16 0339 6029.
(ND 0339 6029) Torr na Craoibhe (Mound) (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
A large knoll, part of the N side of which seems to have been removed many years ago. A house of some kind, which looked like a chapel with a fence round it, is supposed to have stood at one end, but both house and fence have long since been removed.
Name Book 1873.
An artificial, flat-topped grassy mound, 130ft in diameter and 6 to 8ft high, is surrounded by the foundations of cottages.
RCAHMS 1911.
Torr na Craoibhe is a shapeless, grass-covered stony mound, 2.4m maximum height. The grass-covered footings of a building can be seen on top of the mound.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 6 November 1964.
(ND 0337 6030) Torr na Craoibhe (NAT) Mound (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
The mound is as described by the previous field investigator; whether it is wholly artificial cannot be determined. There are no diagnostic features to enable classification, but it is possibly a homestead.
Visited by OS (J B) 21 September 1981.
