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Publication Account
Date 2002
Event ID 575398
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/575398
HU44 2 HAWK'S NESS HU/461490
A possible broch in Tingwall, a steep conical mound some 5.49(18 ft.) high situated on a rocky knoll close to the edge of the cliffs. A single course of masonry can be seen, indicating a circular building some 16.78 m (55 ft.) in diameter. There may be a narrow opening towards the north-east.
Sources: 1. OS card HU 44 NE 3: 2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1500, 120.
E W MacKie 2002
