Monument record MHG1230 - Broch, Tulloch of Lybster
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Location
Grid reference | Centred ND 0268 6946 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | ND06NW |
Old County | CAITHNESS |
Civil Parish | REAY |
Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
Tulloch of Lybster (Brough) (NR)
OS 6"map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
The 'Tulloch of Lyster' broch has been cleared out and a wide gap made through the wall on the SE and NW, but small portions of the inner and outer wall faces are still visible. Its internal diameter is about 32 1/2ft, and its wall thickness, 14 1/2ft. There are slight remains of secondary buildings against the outer wall towards the E. A rampart, stone-faced on the inner side, with a ditch, formerly encircled the broch at a distance of 23ft, and the remains are still visible on the S and SW.
RCAHMS 1911.
The grass-covered remains of this broch survive to a height of 1.4m, where traces of the inner and outer wall faces are visible. To the W of the broch there is a grass-covered bank, 0.8m high, from which protrudes a dry-stone wall, probably the remains of the broch outworks. There is a wide ditch, possibly contemporary with the broch, to the W and S of the broch outworks; it has been used as a dump for stones.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 October 1964.
(ND 0268 6947) Tulloch of Lybster (NAT) Broch (NR)
OS 6"map, (1969)
The broch, with outer rampart surviving on the W side, is generally as described above. The remains on the E side are unclear; what seems to be the remnants of the outer rampart survives 7.0m from the broch obscured by field clearance.
Visited by OS (J B) 10 September 1981.
The broch survives as a grass-covered mound about 20m by 1m high overall. Two outer ramparts with a medial ditch, are visible at a distance of 7m from the broch, and to the W is a sub-circular, grass-covered mound, 12 by 0.8m probably the remains of an outwork.
R J Mercer 1981.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2511 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R J. 1981. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland: volume II, 1980-81. University of Edinburgh. 30/12/1981. Paper and Digital. 140, Nos. 336, 337.
- --- 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. . 93, No. 346.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM