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Toftgun
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Toftgun
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 8715
Site Number ND24SE 6
NGR ND 2798 4241
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8715
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND24SE 6 2798 4241.
(ND 2798 4241) Broch (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A low grassy mound, evidently the site of a broch, which appears to have been almost entirely removed, probably to build the wall of a neighbouring enclosure, so that no dimensions are available. The existence of outbuildings is indicated by a large number of large slabs, set on end, which protrude through the turf towards the south.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
An amorphous turf-covered mound about 22.0m in diameter and 1.2m maximum height, surmounting the end of a low ridge. Probably a robbed broch although no structural details survive. On the edge of the mound in the S are three or four earthfast slabs on edge, but it cannot be ascertained if these are the remains of outbuildings as stated by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (A A) 19 April 1972.
This possible broch was not found on the date of visit. Its reported location lies in an area of Camster Forest that was deep-ploughed before planting and is now blanketed with conifers.
(YARROWS04 946)
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 11 September 2004
Publication Account (2007)
ND24 3 TOFTGUN ND/2798 4241
Site of a possible broch in Wick, Caithness, consisting of a low grassy mound which has been almost completely removed; no structural details survive, but there may be traces of outbuildings on the south, in the form of several large stone slabs set on end.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 24 SE 6: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 164, no. 525: 3. Mercer 1980, 89, 'TOF 2'.
E W MacKie 2007
