Creagan Bana
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Creagan Bana
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Craig Bran
Canmore ID 11937
Site Number NG87NE 1
NGR NG 865 796
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11937
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG87NE 1 865 796.
There is a 'Pictish broch or round house' on Craig Bhan, on the north-east side of the river Ewe, half-way between Poolewe and Inversan, within two hundred yards of the road.
J H Dixon 1886.
Not located.
Visited by OS (J T Todd) 6 October 1964.
A hut circle, measuring 8m in diameter, with an entrance facing SE, is situated above the River Ewe. Mentioned by Dixon in his Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree and described as a Broch.
Information by email from Terry Doe, 11 January 2006
Publication Account (2007)
NG87 1 CRAIG BRAN (‘Creagan Bana’)
NG/865796
Possible broch in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, which has not been located in modern times [1]. It was referred to as a “Pictish broch or roundhouse” in 1886 [2].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NG87 NE 1: 2. Dixon 1886, 97.
E W MacKie 2007
