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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 654332
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/654332
ND34NW 5 3236 4748
(ND 3236 4748) Broch (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
This broch is in the middle of an arable field about 300 yds N of Tannach farmhouse and about 50 yds E of the road. The stony mound, ploughed over, evidently contains the remains of a broch and measures about 77ft in diameter and some 5 to 6ft high.
RCAHMS 1911.
A partially turf-covered mound of earth and stone 29m in diameter and approximately 2.0m maximum height. The mound has been greatly mutilated by being dug into, and by the erection of wartime structures on it. In its present state it is impossible to discern any traces of a possible broch.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (W D J), 23 April 1963.
The remains of this probable broch are as described by previous OS field investigator.
Visited by OS (J B), 19 August 1982.
