MHG12900 - Broch - Invershin Station area
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- BROCH (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH59NE 7 579 953.
A broch is listed as being on N side of the Kyle of Sutherland, below Cnoc-an-Tinnel, about a mile above Balblair (area of Invershin Station - NH 579 953).
J Anderson 1890.
No further information found during field investigation.
Visited by OS (W D J) 8 June 1963.
No change. Visited by OS (J M) 4 November 1976.
NH59 5 INVERSHIEL STATION
NH/57953
Possible broch in Kincardine, Sutherland, also listed by Anderson [2] but about which no other information is available.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NH 59 NE 7: 2. Anderson 1873, 190. <1>
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1281 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1873. ''Notice of the excavation of the brochs of Yarhouse, Brounaben, Bowermadden, Old Stirkake, and Dunbeath in Caithness; with remarks on the period of the brochs, and an appendix, containing a collected list of the brochs of Scotland, and early notices of m. Archaeol Scot. 131-98. 190.
- <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. NH59 5 INVERSHIEL STATION.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5790 9530 (70m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH59NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CREICH |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13028 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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