Monument record MHG40907 - Broch, Lower Dunn
Summary
No summary available.
Location
Grid reference | Centred ND 2035 5693 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | ND25NW |
Old County | CAITHNESS |
Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Mound (NR) (site of) OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
This Pictish house was opened and destroyed about 1848 when a quantity of human bones, a sword, and several other things were found. It is under cultivation and almost level with ground around it. Mr McKay (Donald McKay, blacksmith, Dunn) stated that the sword was of steel and that he gave it to a gentleman who sent it to Edinburgh Museum (it is not in NMAS 1892 catalogue).
Name Book 1871
No trace of any significant features can be found at site. It is as described in ONB, now merely ploughed-out, grass-covered mound of indeterminate size.
Visited by OS (R D) 27 October 1965
A regular, turf-covered mound some 40m diameter and 1.1m high. It is ploughed-out and featureless, but its size, shape and position suggest it is the remains of a broch.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (J M) 3 March 1982
Mound (ND 2035 5694). Dimensions: 50 x 45m. Subcircular mound 1m high covering an amorphous mass with no structurral detail visible.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG3342 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 12, 16.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM