Archaeology Notes

Event ID 644902

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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Crossed by an overgrown farm track 700m S beyond Skea, is an irregular mound some 0.6ha in area and up to 3m high. A trial trench dug into it by Dr D Brothwell, is said to have revealed the wall of a broch some 3m in height, but the location of the trench is uncertain. The extent of the mound suggests that it conceals outbuildings, and there is an indication of an external ditch on the NW sector.

H Marwick 1952; K A Steedman 1980; RCAHMS 1987 (OR 1177), visited August 1985