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Archaeology Notes
Date - 1977
Event ID 651724
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/651724
NC82NW 1 8441 2730.
(NC 84412730) Broch (NR)
OS 6"map, (1962)
The remains of a broch, consisting of a wall 15'6" thick containing a stair gallery and four mural chambers as well as a guard chamber off the entrance passage on the west. The wall stands to a height of 7' to 8' externally and is visible for a height of 7' above the internal debris which chokes the courtyard and the chambers. There is no evidence of outworks having existed.
(Summary from RCAHMS 1911)
A broch as described and planned by the RCAHMS. The wall is 4.2m wide at the entrance narrowing to approximately 3.6m. The courtyard is about 11.0m in diameter.
Visited by OS (JB) 1 February 1977
