MHG636 - Broch, 600m W of North Calder
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Type and Period (1)
- BROCH (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
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Full Description
Amended schedule 25/11/2004 - HAW 11/2004
ND16SW 10 1035 6160.
Mound (NR) OS 6", Caithness, 2nd ed.(1907)
On summit of a grassy hillock stood a broch. The hillock seems to some extent to be artificial; it has a diameter overall of about 146ft and is some 10-12ft high. No part of the structure is visible, but the portion of the mound which seems to have contained the tower measures some 70ft in diameter.
RCAHMS 1911
Classified as a broch. A Graham 1949
The grass-covered mound, which measures 46m diameter and 4m in height appears to be remains of a broch although there is no definite proof of this, apart from its overall size and a slight depression in the top, 11m in diameter. In N, a considerable section of mound has been removed.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 16 February 1965
(ND 1035 6160) Broch (NR) (remains of) OS 6" map, (1970)
There seems little doubt that this is a broch displaying the 'mound-on-mound' effect common to Caithness, although the profile has been smoothed, the mound spread and then truncated by ploughing. The broch-mound is about 19m in diameter and 1m high with an undulating depression, 0.3m deep, in the centre. No wall faces are exposed, and pieces of friable slab are visible protruding through the mound here and there. The larger mound is as desribed by previous field investigator.
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 February 1982
'Broch'. Dimensions: 40 x 35m. Oval grass-covered mound 3.5m high, with no evidence of coursing. Orientation NE-SW.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1531 Text/Publication/Article: Graham, A. 1949. 'Some observations on the brochs', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 81 1946-7, p.48-99. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 48-99. 95.
- --- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 34, No. 110.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1035 6159 (70m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND16SW |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM2236 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/8532 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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