Archaeology Notes

Event ID 655417

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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ND25NW 7 2041 5613

(ND 2041 5613) Broch (NR) (rems of)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

This is a grass-covered, stony mound, probably covering the remains of a broch. A few flat stones are visible on the surface, but there are no accurate indications either of the extent of the ruin or of its character. The mound at highest has an elevation of some 4ft. The situation of the mound is on the top of a high bank above a burn, and for a distance of some 30ft there remains a low segmental rampart along the edge of this bank. The diameter across the centre of the mound from the top of the rampart is 58ft.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910

This feature is generally as described by the RCAHMS except that the rampart extends along the E and S of the mound for 58.0m and the mound is about 18.0m in diameter. The situation is suggestive of a broch. Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (R D) 27 October 1965

The remains of the broch are visible as a turf-covered, uneven mound, 45.0m NE-SW by 18.0m transversely and 1.3m high, with its main height and bulk disposed in the NE. Generally it gives the 'mound-on-mound' effect, the characteristic commonly noted in many broch remains in Caithness. No rampart is evident.

Visited by OS (J M) 5 March 1982

'Broch'. Dimensions: 45 x 18m. Subcircular grass-covered mound 1.3m high, surrounded on the river side by a series of three banks.

R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995.