Archaeology Notes

Event ID 653042

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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ND06SE 18 0547 6358.

(ND 0546 6360) Knock Glass (NR)

OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

The mound, about 70ft in diameter and 8ft high, which contains the remains of the broch of Knockglass, stands on a knoll, with a terrace between the base of the broch and the edge. The highest elevation of the whole mound is from 16 to 17ft.

RCAHMS 1911.

The grass-covered remains of 'Knock Glass', a probable broch, measure 44.0m in diameter by 4.5m high.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (R D) 2 November 1964.

(ND 0547 6358) Knock Glass (NAT) Broch (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

Knock Glass (name verified) is the turf-covered remains of a broch with outworks. It comprises the broch mound itself, 18.5m in diameter and 2.0m high surrounded by a berm and outer scarp, the latter showing signs of walling. On the SE side of the broch are two parallels, curving stretches of wall face of slabs exposed to one course high; they are 2.3m apart and 1.6m and 2.2m long and are interpreted as respectively the outer face of the broch and the inner face of the mural gallery at first floor level.

Visited by OS (N K B) 18 September 1981.