Haimer, Dam Of Broynach
Sword(S) (Viking)
Site Name Haimer, Dam Of Broynach
Classification Sword(S) (Viking)
Canmore ID 8443
Site Number ND16NW 24
NGR ND 147 668
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NW 24 147 668.
The Rev A Pope records a find of Viking swords in a peat bank near the house of Haimar, and dismisses them as "odd machines of rusty iron resembling ploughshares".
J Anderson 1875; 1883; T Torfaeus 1866.
Some of the weapons - "ugly looking machines resembling ploughshares" - said to have been used at the Battle of Clardon Hill in 1196 (ND16NW 14 and ND16NE 16) were found in a peat moss near the Dam of Broynach (name: ND 147 668).
Name Book 1872; J T Calder 1861.
No further information was obtained regarding these finds.
Visited by OS (E G C) 18 April 1962.
No change to the preceeding report after enquiries at Thurso and Wick Museums.
Visited by OS (J M) 16 February 1982.
