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Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 586212
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/586212
ND05 2 TOTA AN DRANNDAIN ('Forss Water', 'Shurrery')
ND/037579
Probable broch in Reay, Caithness, set beside a stream in low-lying country [3] and consisting of a mound of stones with structural features visible. Courses of facing stones of the outer wall are visible in places, some being of great size, and suggest a circular building with an overall diameter of 16m [3] (or 53ft [1]). The entrance has been on the north-west, 60cm (2ft) wide at the exterior; its right wall can be traced for 3m (10ft), and there may be a chamber on the left A linear depression in the south arc of the mound might be the remains of a mural gallery [3]. The building is on top of an older mound, itself possibly of two phases [3].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 05 NW 8 and fig.: 2. RCAHMS 1911a, 106, no. 391: 3. Mercer 1985, 101 (fig. 56) and (Mon. no. FOR 312).
E W MacKie 2007
