Archaeology Notes

Event ID 653649

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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ND13SE 5 18657 32616

(ND 1865 3260) Broch (NR) (remains of)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1979).

Location formerly entered as ND 1865 3260.

Broch: a mound about 10ft in height almost entirely covered by vegetation. On the S side a wall some 10ft long and 2 to 3ft high is exposed and a portion of what appears to be an outer casing wall. The diameter of the structure over all is some 53ft. Some forty human skulls are said to have been found many years ago in excavation, no record of which exists.

RCAHMS 1911.

The remains of a broch, as described by the RCAHMS.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (N K B), 15 March 1968.

No change to the RCAHMS report. The portion of outer casing or lining wall is 0.9m thick.

Visited by OS (J M), 14 October 1982.