Auchingill
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Auchingill
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Auckingill School
Canmore ID 9330
Site Number ND36SE 7
NGR ND 36 64
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9330
- Council Highland
- Parish Canisbay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND36SE 7 36 64
(ND 36 64) The site of a broch, long under cultivation and of which no remains are visible, lies about 1/4 mile NNW of Auckingill School.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
There is no trace or local knowledge of this broch.
Visited by OS (R D), 10 September 1965.
No further information.
Visited by OS (N K B), 22 July 1982.
Publication Account (2007)
ND36 1 AUCKINGILL ND/36 64 approx.
Site of a possible broch in Canisbay, Caithness; it was situated on cultivated ground but no traces were visible in 1910 [2] or in 1984 [3].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 36 SE 7: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 20, no. 52: 3. Swanson (ms) 1985, 577.
E W MacKie 2007