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Dalnawillan Graveyard
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dalnawillan Graveyard
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dalnawillan Burial-ground
Canmore ID 7615
Site Number ND04SW 1
NGR ND 0302 4094
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7615
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND04SW 1 0302 4094
(ND 0302 4094) Grave Yard (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1962).
See also NC94SE 1.
The burial ground at Dalnawillan is believed to be on the top of a broch.
J Anderson 1873.
On the summit of a small eminence, which looks as if it had been fortified, there is a burial place, at Dalnawillan, associated with St Ciaran (for which association, see NC94SE 1).
A MacKay 1914.
There is no evidence that the graveyard ocupies the site of a broch, nor is there any local information to this effect.
Visited by OS (J L D) 20 April 1961.
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J M) 24 February 1982.
Publication Account (2007)
ND04 1 DALNAWILLAN ('Dalnawillan Graveyard')
ND/0302 4094
Possible broch in Halkirk, Caith-ness, reputed to be underneath the burial ground [2]; there is nothing to be seen on the ground to support this idea.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 04 SW 1: 2. Anderson 1873, 186: 3. Mackay 1914, 33.
E W MacKie 2007
