Buoldhu
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Buoldhu
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 8142
Site Number ND13SE 25
NGR ND 1501 3337
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8142
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND13SE 25 1501 3337.
ND 152 333. A possibly chambered cairn of uncertain type. The last grass-grown remnants of a cairn 48ft in diameter, crossed by a modern sheep shelter, lie on the hillside just under 1/4 mile NW of the cairn of Houstry (ND13SE 1). Various large slabs protrude through the turf. The two longest slabs on the S side of the wall are 1ft high above the present ground level, while the two at right angles to the wall and the slab to the N of them are 2ft high. The number and size of the slabs indicate that the cairn has probably covered a chamber or chambers, but at present the plan is uncertain.
A S Henshall 1963.
A chambered cairn at ND 1501 3337, as described by Henshall.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (BN K B) 11 March 1968.
(ND 1501 3337) Chambered Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1979)
No change to the previous reports.
Visited by OS (JM) 19 October 1982.
This enigmatic structure is not now considered to be a chambered cairn.
J L Davidson and A S Henshall 1991.
Field Visit (August 1997)
NAlthough the stone structure at the heart of this low stony mound has been discounted as the remains of a chamber by Davidson and Henshall (1991), it is difficult to see what else it may have been. The slabs are slighter than might have been expected of a chambered tomb, but they evidently outline more than the remains of a cist. Furthermore, there is little doubt that the stony mound is the remains of a cairn measuring about 16m in diameter. The position of the cairn was resurveyed for the OS 1:2500 revision programme.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) August 1997.
Field Visit (July 2009)
ND 150 333 (centred on) A desktop and walkover survey were undertaken for an area of proposed new forestry of 30ha in July 2009. Work revealed no archaeological sites, except the two chambered cairns (ND13SE 1 and 25).
Report: HSMR and RCAHMS
Funder: UPM Tilhill
Stuart Farrell