Skelpick Lodge
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Skelpick Lodge
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 6230
Site Number NC75NW 28
NGR NC 7230 5620
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC75NW 28 7230 5620.
(NC 7230 5620) Pict's House (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6"map, Sutherland, 1st ed., (1875)
Brough (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1908)
The remains of a Pictish House which has never been explored.
Name Book 1873.
Only rock outcrop occurs at this site and there is no evidence to suggest that any artificial feature ever existed. The situation is not suitable for a broch. It seems probable that this is a mis-plotting of NC75NW 9.
Visited by OS (J L D) 2 May 1960.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B) 1 September 1977.
Publication Account (2007)
NC75 6 SKELPICK (‘Skelpick Lodge’)
NC/7230 5620
Site of possible broch in Farr, Suther-land. It was marked as a 'Pict's House' on the 6-inch map of 1873 but there are no traces of a building and the site is not a suitable one for a broch [1].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NC 75 NW 28: 2. Swanson (ms) 1985, 720.
E W MacKie 2007
