Archaeology Notes

Event ID 649849

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NC63NE 2 6585 3815.

(NC 6585 3815) Broch (NR).

OS 6" map, 1963.

The remains of a broch, situated on a spit of land projecting into Loch Naver, and having an outwork and a causeway on the landward side. The broch has measured 52ft over a wall 12ft wide at the entrance on the SE. Walling is visible only for a short distance to the north of the entrance, but the stones appear to have been very large. The north side of the entrance remains entire to a height of 2ft 9ins externally and contains the entrance to a guard chamber, which shows signs of excavation. The neck of the spit has been marshy and is crossed by a causeway. A wall has run at a distance of 38ft from the broch isolating it on the landward side and apprently curving in towards it on either flank.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

The broch is generally as described and illustrated. [2 Photos]

Visited by OS (E G C) 9 May 1961.

The broch is 16.6m diameter overall, and the noted entrance to a guard chamber is obscure.

Revised at 1/10,000.

Visited by OS (J M) 16 March 1977.