Newlands Of Clyth
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Newlands Of Clyth
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Upper Lybster
Canmore ID 8605
Site Number ND23NE 7
NGR ND 2724 3811
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23NE 7 2724 3811
(ND 2724 3811) Broch (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1977)
The site of a 'Tulloch' or 'Pict's House' which has been removed, leaving only a few of the foundation stones.
Name Book 1871.
Little remains of this broch apart from a few large facing stones protruding through the turf on its E and W sides. A short stretch of scarping 1.0m high to the SW indicates the former presence of a berm. The whole site has been mutilated by ploughing and later building, the remains of which are visible immediately to the N and W as vague rectangular foundations.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (AA), 4 May 1967.
Publication Account (2007)
ND23 12 UPPER LYBSTER ('Pict’s house')
ND/2724 3811
Site of a possible broch in Latheron, Caithness, recorded as a 'Pict's house' of which only a few foundation stones remain. There are suggestions of a berm on the south-west.
Source: 1. NMRS site no. ND 23 NE 7.
E W MacKie 2007
