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Olrig House

Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Olrig House

Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 8386

Site Number ND16NE 14

NGR ND 1890 6628

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Olrig
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND16NE 14 1890 6628.

(ND 1890 6628) Broch (NR)

OS 6" map, (1960)

Mound (NR)

OS 6" map, (1970)

Broch (supposed), Olrig House: A large grassy mound, it has been much spread through being at one time under cultivation, and now has a diameter of about 120ft and a height of about 7ft. It is probably a broch, but no part of the structure is visible (RCAHMS 1911).

RCAHMS 1911

Classified as an uncertain broch.

A Graham 1949

A low mound as described above. No stones are visible, but it is probably a cairn.

Revised at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (N K B) 18 February 1965

A turf-covered, bowl-shaped mound as described above. No stones are exposed, and the turf mantle is indistinguishable from the surrounding ground. There are no diagnostic features exposed to enable classification.

Visited by OS (N K B) 10 March 1982

'Broch'. Dimensions: 48 x 46m. Subcircular grass-covered mound, ploughed into on the NE and NW flanks.

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

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Publication Account (2007)

ND16 11 OLRIG HOUSE ('Olrig') ND/1890 6628

Possible broch in Olrig, Caithness, consisting of a large grassy mound about 40m in diameter and spread out by past cultivation; no parts of any building are visible.

Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 16 NE 14: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 88, no. 323: 3. Anderson 1890, 184.

E W MacKie 2007

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