Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 586328
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/586328
ND15 14 HOUSLE CAIRN ('Gerston')
ND/1190 5960
A probable broch in Halkirk, Caith-ness, consisting of a much-pillaged large mound about 24m in diameter on top of a larger 'cairn'; this is the classic Caithness 'mound on mound' [3]. In about 1850 some cists were found here with human remains and other finds, including iron [2]. By 1965 traces of a curved wallface had been exposed which makes the diagnosis of the mound on top as a broch more likely [1].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 15 NW 1: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 35, no. 115: 3. Graham 1947, 96: 4. Swanson (ms) 1985, 641.
E W MacKie 2007
