Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 586298
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/586298
ND13 9 MINERA ND/1558 3461
Probable broch in Latheron, Caith-ness, consisting of a grass-covered mound 3.36-3.66m (11-12ft) high with many stones projecting from it. The base of the curved outer wallface is visible in places, suggesting an overall diameter of 21.4m (70ft). The height of the mound suggests that the inner wallface could survive to a height of 4-5m [3]. A broken depression running into the mound from the west may mark the position of the entrance passage, and a massive stone slab may be a lintel [1]. On the north the base of the surrounding modern wall shows earlier massive foundations [3]. 'The remains of the Minera complex must rank as one of the best preserved broch mounds in Caithness, containing substantial structural remains and a largely untouched strati-graphy” [3].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 13 SE 19: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 52-3, no. 197: 3. Swanson (ms) 1985, 687-89 and plan.
E W MacKie 2007
