MHG10759 - Broch, Clerkhill
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- BROCH (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
- (Alternate Type) DUN (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Modern OS marks Broch (remains of) at 271694 963446 however this does not agree with textual information that indicates site affected by buildings. - HAW 01/2004
Dun (NR) (site of) OS 6"map, (1964)
Traces of a broad stonybank on end of a ridge. The area is roughly D-shaped and is ideal site for a dun, although RCAHMS classify it as a broch. The house at NC 7178 6338 is called 'The Dhuine', but otherwise there is no local knowledge of site.
J Horsburgh 1870; RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (J L D) 28 April 1960.
The remains of a broch. Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 7 July 1971.
The remains of a broch situated on end of a rocky ridge. It comprises a turf-covered quarried mound, east half of which has been removed to accommodate the outbuildings of a croft. At the base of the mound in west arc is the base course of the broch outer face forming an arc about 9m long.
Visitd by OS (N K B) 8 August 1977.
NC76 3 CLERKHILL (‘Farr’)
NC/7175 6338
Possible broch in Farr, Sutherland, consisting of a turf-covered, quarriedmound on the end of a ridge, the east half of which has been removed tomake way for the outbuildings of a croft. On the west side is a part of the basal course of the outer wall of a broch-like structure forming an arc about 9.0m long [1].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NC 76 SW 1: 2. Horsburgh 1870, 275: 3. RCAHMS 1911a, 90, no. 265. <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG1182 Text/Publication/Article: Horsburgh, J. 1870. 'Notes of cromlechs, duns, hut-circles, chambered cairns, and other remains, in the County of Sutherland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 7, 1866-8, pp 271-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 275.
- --- SHG15140 Image/Photograph(s): Clerkhill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15141 Image/Photograph(s): Clerkhill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 90, No. 265.
- <1> SHG26111 Text/Publication/Monograph: Mackie, E.. 2007. The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c.700 BC - AD 500: Architecture and material culture Part 2 (I & II) The Northern and Southern Mainland and the Western Islands. BAR British Series. 444. Paperback. NC76 3 CLERKHILL.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7174 6337 (70m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC76SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/6404 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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