Greenhill, Mid Clyth
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Greenhill, Mid Clyth
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 8576
Site Number ND23NE 1
NGR ND 2945 3732
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8576
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23NE 1 2945 3732
(ND 2945 3732) Broch (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1977)
A grass-covered hillock, 15ft high and about 110ft in overall diameter, containing the remains of a broch. No building is visible, and part of the broch, near the top, seems to have been removed.
RCAHMS 1911.
This is now a severely mutilated mound, with no identifiable features.
Visited by OS (AA), 5 May 1967.
Publication Account (2007)
ND23 7 MID CLYTH ND/2945 3732
Possible broch in Latheron, Caithness, consisting of a grass-grown hillock 4.6m (15ft) high and about 33.6m (110ft) in overall diameter. No part of the structure is visible.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 23 NE 1: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 52, no. 195.
E W MacKie 2007