Pullyhour

Classifications: Henge(Neolithic)

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Location Details

Local authority: Highland

Parish: Halkirk

Former region: Highland

Former district: Caithness

Former county: Caithness

Location accurate to the nearest 10 metres.

British National Grid (BNG) Coordinates: 311470, 954490

Ordnance Survey (OS) National Grid Reference: ND 1147 5449

Latitude: 58.46964Longitude: -3.51940

Datum: OSGB36 - NGR

Further details

Site number: ND15SW 3

National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 8366

Pullyhour, ND15SW 3, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

19582352977

Pullyhour, ND15SW 3, Ordnance Survey index card, page number

Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

19582352976

Pullyhour, ND15SW 3, Ordnance Survey index card, page number

Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

19582352975

Survey drawing.

Catalogued material awaiting allocation to a collection

19881096542

Plan

Catalogued material awaiting allocation to a collection

20051096541

GV from SE

RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography

20071079968

GV from SE

RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography

20071079967

1 Note

Category: Descriptive accounts

Event reference: 653989

ND15SW 3 1147 5449.

(ND 1147 5449) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

Some 200 yds W of Pullyhour, on a piece of waste ground, is a circular bank 8 to 9ft thick and about 2ft high, enclosing an area about 43ft in diameter in the centre of which is a flat-topped mound 28ft in diameter and about 6ins to 1ft in height. The whole is overgrown with turf, but it appears to be stony underneath. There is no break in the enclosing bank. Its character is doubtful.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.

Generally as described above except that there is a slight gap in the outer bank on the S side, leading to a causeway across an inner ditch. This appears to be a hengiform enclosure.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (E G C) 16 April 1962.

(ND 1147 5449) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)

A hengiform earthwork, levelled into a gentle E-facing slope in rough pasture. It comprises a flat and featureless central area, 8.0m in diameter within a silted ditch and outer bank. The latter is 3.0 to 3.5m broad and varies from 0.2 to 0.8m above the bottom of the ditch; there is no trace of any stones protruding through the turf. There is a simple entrance and causeway in the S arc. According to the farmer, no finds have been made; the earthwork appears undisturbed.
Visited by OS (N K B) 19 February 1982

Enclosure, 'Pullyhour'. Diameter:19.4m. Hengiform earthwork with internal ditch and external bank 3.5m wide. The height from base of ditch to top of bank is 1m, while the central platform lies 0.5m above the ditch base. There is a suggestion of a causeway through the bank on the SW axis.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

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References

Bradley R. (2011) Stages and Screens, An investigation of four henge monuments in northern and north-eastern Scotland, Edinburgh. Page(s): xx, 118-141 173 RCAHMS Shelf Number: E.7.BRA

Bradley and Lamdin-Whymark R and H. (2008a) 'Northern Scottish Henges Project, Highland (Halkirk parish), excavation', Discovery Excav Scot New 9 2008 Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England.. Page(s): 106-107

RCAHMS. (1911b) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness, London. Page(s): 42, No. 147 RCAHMS Shelf Number: A.1.1.INV(3).R