Lower Dunn
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Lower Dunn
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Old Hall Of Dunn 2
Canmore ID 8750
Site Number ND25NW 2
NGR ND 2026 5670
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8750
- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25NW 2 2026 5670
(ND 2026 5670) Mound (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
This is a large, grass-covered mound, probably containing the remains of a broch.
No part of the structure is visible, but a circular depression on the summit near the N end may indicate the interior court. The surface of the field is lowest on the W and from that direction the mound has an elevation of about 11ft. From the N, the greatest height is some 8ft. RCAHMS 1911
The remains of this mound, measuring 32.0m in diameter, are as described by the RCAHMS. No significant features could be seen but it has the general appearance of other proven brochs in the area.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 27 October 1965
A turf-covered broch mound, 30.0m in diameter, as described by the RCAHMS. It has been truncated by ploughing around the base, and no wall faces are exposed, but it exhibits to some extent the 'mound on mound' effect common to Caithness brochs.
Visited by OS (N K B) 30 April 1982
'Broch'. Diameter: 32m. Circular grass-covered mound 3m high with a central platform 16m diameter. Wall facing evident on SW quadrant. Mound on mound effect very clear on NE side.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Publication Account (2007)
ND25 11 OLD HALL OF DUNN 2 (‘Lower Dunn’)
ND/2026 5670
Possible broch in Watten, Caithness, consisting of a grass-covered mound, 32.0m in diameter, in which no clear traces of the structure are visible; it gives the appearance of a ‘mound on a mound’, like many other brochs in the area [1].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 25 NW 2: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 127, no. 463.
E W MacKie 2007
