Monument record MHG2514 - Broch, Bridge of Isauld

Summary

No summary available.

Location

Grid reference Centred NC 9766 6503 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC96NE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Pict's House (NR) (Site of)
Name Book 1873.

When this Pict's house was removed about 1860 nothing of importance was found but some querns, animal bones, and other trifling traces of its inhabitants. A spring in the centre of the building is now drained into the Isauld Burn. No trace of the antiquity remains except a slight inequality of the ground.
Name Book 1873.

No traces of any mound, or other feature, exist at the site indicated on the OS map. The site is occupied by a slightly undulating arable field. Visited by OS (J L D) 18 May 1960.

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 8 September 1981.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. 39.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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