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Allt Dail A' Bhraid
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Allt Dail A' Bhraid
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 80882
Site Number NH29SW 10
NGR NH 2136 9494
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80882
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH29SW 10 2136 9494.
In angle of modern fence, on N bank of Allt Dail a' Bhraid at base of debris fan from waterfall, and in a low lying situation between steep hillside and lateral moraine, the foundations of a possible solid-based broch with outwork. The broch has an internal diameter of 8m with a wall thickness of around 6m. On NE arc are indications of foundation of mural gallery and possible entrance on E. Also on NE is a substantial outwork with substructures. A building foundation overlies the wall on SW, 8m by 9m. A 4m thick wall overlies the broch wall flush with inside on E to outside on S so that the later enclosure appears pear-shaped. Traces of an enclosure extend 25m W, and there are traces of a concentric outwork close to the broch wall on S and W.
T C Welsh 1992.
for further details see MS/737/1, MS/737/10 and MS/737/12
Publication Account (2007)
NH29 1 ALLT DAIL a' BHRAID
NH/2136 9494
This probable broch in Lochbroom, Ross and Cromarty, stands on the bank of a stream and consists of traces of a circular building with an internal diameter of 8m and a wall thickness of about 6m. There are traces of a mural gallery on the north-east and the entrance seems to be on the east side. There are signs of an outer defensive bank on the south and west, close to the broch.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NH 29 SW 10: 2. T Welsh in Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 1992, 46.
E W MacKie 2007
