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MHG39400 - Broch, Achunabust

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NC96SE 7 9943 6463.
Brough (NR) OS 6"map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

The ruins of this broch are covered by a grassy hillock 6ft high; the outline of the broch exposed at one or two points indicates an overall diameter of about 53ft. A chamber has been revealed on W, and there appears to have been numerous outbuildings on this side.
RCAHMS 1911.

The much mutilated, grass-covered remains of a broch, measuring overall 30m in diameter and 0.2m high. The actual wall of the broch, fragments of which can be seen in N and S, appears to have been 4-5.m wide and the internal diameter 8-9m. In the SE there is the opening of a chamber measuring 1.4m by 1m. No trace of any outbuildings associated with the broch could be found. The grass-covered footings which can be seen to the S are of two comparatively modern rectangular buildings.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 13 November 1964.

(NC 9943 6463) Broch (NR) OS 6"map, (1963)

The remains of a broch surviving as a turf-covered mound 1.3m high which has been extensively quarried so that the broch shape is destroyed. The mural cell with its entrance to the broch interior survives. Immediately to the W of the broch are the footings of a recent rectangular building with an attached enclosure; disturbed ground around the broch may indicate associated outworks.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 November 1981.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 9943 6463 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC96SE
Civil Parish	REAY
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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