Usshilly Tulloch
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Usshilly Tulloch
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) The Tulloch; Forse House
Canmore ID 8636
Site Number ND23NW 6
NGR ND 2075 3552
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8636
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23NW 6 2075 3552
See also ND23NW 38.
(ND 2075 3552) Usshilly Tulloch (NAT)
Broch (NR)
OS 6" map, (1960)
The remains of a broch on a low, outcropping rock. Many large stones lie exposed over the surface, but the face of the wall is not well-defined, although the diameter appears to be about 64ft. The ruin is about 6 to 8ft high and has been dug into on the E at some remote period. There are surface indications of outbuildings on all sides except the N.
RCAHMS 1911.
A broch, as described by the RCAHMS. It is now known locally as 'The Tulloch'.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 12 May 1967.
(ND 2075 3552) The Tulloch (NAT) Broch (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
No change to the RCAHMS report, except surface indication of outbuildings is sparse.
Visited by OS (J M) 22 March 1983.
Scheduled (with ND23NW 38) as The Tulloch (Usshilly) broch and field system WNW of Forse House.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 30 January 2003.
Publication Account (2007)
ND23 13 USSHILLY TULLOCH ('The Tulloch')
ND/2075 3552
Possible broch in Latheron, Caithness, consisting of a rubbly mound about 1.8-2.4m (6-8ft) high and on top of a low, outcropping rock. The wallface is not well defined but the diameter has been estimated at 19.5m (64ft). There are suggestions of outbuildings all round it except on the north.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 23 NW 6: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 60, no. 221.
E W MacKie 2007
