Monument record MHG12825 - Broch? West Shinness Lodge

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Grid reference Centred NC 5294 1509 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC51NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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NC51NW 5 5295 1509.

(NC 5295 1509) Pictish Tower (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Sutherlandshire, 1st ed., (1873)

Brough (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Sutherlandshire, 2nd ed., (1908)

A heap of loose stones, allegedly the remains of a 'Pict's Tower'.
Name Book 1873

A natural knoll, probably mistaken for the broch NC51NW 1, and/or erroneously plotted at this spot.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 26 April 1961

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 31, 7.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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