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Bruan

Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)

Site Name Bruan

Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Lat 217; Brouan 2

Canmore ID 8949

Site Number ND33NW 8

NGR ND 3108 3946

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Latheron
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND33NW 8 3108 3946

A stony grass-covered mound, of unknown period, roughly rectangular, 23.2 by 6.7 by 0.25m high, with a high central stoney patch.

C E Batey 1982.

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Project (1980 - 1982)

Publication Account (2007)

ND33 2 BROUAN 2 (‘Bruan 2’) ND/3108 3946

Possible broch in Latheron, Caithness, consisting of a stony, grass-covered mound 25cm high and roughly rectangular in shape; on top of it is a high, central stony patch [2].

Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 33 NW 8: 2. Batey (ms) 1982, no. 217.

E W MacKie 2007

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