Monument record MHG714 - Broch, Achunabust

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 9943 6462 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC96SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

The remains of a broch surviving as a turf-covered mound 1.3m high which has been extensively quarried so that the broch shape is destroyed. The mural cell with its entrance to the broch interior survives. Immediately to the W of the broch are the footings of a recent rectangular building with an attached enclosure; disturbed ground around the broch may indicate associated outworks.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 November 1981.

The much mutilated, grass-covered remains of a broch, measuring overall 30m in diameter and 0.2m high. The actual wall of the broch, fragments of which can be seen in N and S, appears to have been 4-5.m wide and the internal diameter 8-9m. In the SE there is the opening of a chamber measuring 1.4m by 1m. No trace of any outbuildings associated with the broch could be found. The grass-covered footings which can be seen to the S are of two comparatively modern rectangular buildings.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 13 November 1964.

(NC 9943 6463) Broch (NR) OS 6"map, (1963)

The ruins of this broch are covered by a grassy hillock 6ft high; the outline of the broch exposed at one or two points indicates an overall diameter of about 53ft. A chamber has been revealed on W, and there appears to have been numerous outbuildings on this side.
RCAHMS 1911.

Brough (NR) OS 6"map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- 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. . 94-5, No. 351.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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