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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 654613
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/654613
ND27SW 29 221 740.
Constructed by the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners to supply Dunnet Head Lighthouse (ND27NW 5.00).
Depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness, 1876, sheet 1) and noted in the Object Name Book description of the Lighthouse as 'A small harbour or rather pier has been built by them at Brough for landing their stores, and a well made road connects it with the lighthouse' (ONB 1873) .
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2007