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Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 586415
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/586415
ND25 2 ACHINGALE ND/2434 5353
Probable broch in Watten, Caithness, consisting of a large mound which was opened up in 1841 [3]; it was then said to have contained the ruins of a broch, and midden material was found [2]. Most of the mound was later removed and during the work human remains were found in a cist [3], after which the work stopped. The situation is on the edge of a natural slope above the flood plain of the Wick river, and is typical of a broch [1].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 25 SW 14: 2. R MacAdam 1872, 183: 3. RCAHMS 1911b, 131, no. 473.
E W MacKie 2007
