Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 586370
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
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ND16 4 HA' OF DURAN ('Hall of Durran', 'Durran')
ND/1951 6359
Possible broch in Thurso, Caithness, consisting of a low grassy mound showing no clear remains of a structure. On the north and east sides are traces of a terrace, suggesting that, as with other Caithness brochs, the building stands on a flat-topped mound. In the south-east quarter there are signs of a ditch at the base of the mound [1]. A Mr Durran removed part of the mound before 1872 and found some gravestones, possibly associated with the nearby chapel [1].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 16 SE 13: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 120, no. 436: 3. Anderson 1890, 184.
E W MacKie 2007
