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Ballachly
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Ballachly
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 8275
Site Number ND14SE 6
NGR ND 1956 4423
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8275
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND14SE 6 1956 4423.
(ND 1956 4423) Broch (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
The remains of a broch, consisting of a turf-covered mound, from which a few large stones protrude, about 76ft in overall diameter. It has been encircled by a wide ditch, almost entirely ploughed away. Foundations of outbuildings are visible on the E.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
A broch, generally as described by the RCAHMS. The track of the ditch is traceable round most of the perimeter as a slight hollow, more marked on the S side where it is about 0.7m deep.
Vague traces of a possible causeway are visible on the N.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 9 May 1967.
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (N K B) 9 May 1967.
Publication Account (2007)
ND14 1 BALLACHLY ND/1956 4423
Possible broch in Latheron, Caithness, consisting of a turf-covered mound, up to 3.97m (13ft) high, on moorland from which a few large stones protrude. There are traces of a broad ditch most of the way round, and of outbuildings on the east.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 14 SE 6: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 52, no. 192.
E W MacKie 2007
