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Date 9 February 2015 - 31 May 2016
Event ID 1044165
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044165
The heavily robbed broch situated on the summit of the morainic ridge overlooking the haughland of the River Naver at Upper Bighouse lies within an outer fortified enclosure. Standing on a morainic ridge, the principle element of the outer defences is a substantial ditch, which is most clearly visible where it has been cut through the moraine on the N and S, but the flanks may also have been scarped elsewhere. The ditch is accompanied internally by a rampart reduced to a stony bank, which can be traced round the lip of the summit everywhere except the SE to enclose an area measuring about 30m from E to W by 27m transversely (0.06ha). There is an entrance on the NW. Apart from the broch, the only feature visible within the interior are the footings of a rectangular structure on the NE.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2807
