Monument record MHG7431 - Broch, Croick
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4563 9143 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH49SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KINCARDINE |
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Full Description
NH49SE 1 4564 9143.
Immediately SW of church at Croick, there is a much-robbed broch constructed of unusually large unhewn boulders. The inner and outer wall-faces can be traced intermittently giving an overall diameter of c.18.4m over walling 4.3m in thickness. Within the wall in S. arc are traces of a medial (?stabilising) wall. No evidence of an entrance can now be seen.
A line of rough boulders some 5.5m distant from broch on N. and SW sides may be remains of an outwork. Elsewhere it has been destroyed by ploughing or obscured by field clearance.
Surveyed at 1/2500.(Visited by OS (W D J) 24 May 1963)
Visited by OS (NKB) 2 October 1969; J Anderson 1890; A Graham 1949
Broch {NR} OS 1/10,000 map, (1971)
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (J M) 24 November 1976
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1281 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1873. ''Notice of the excavation of the brochs of Yarhouse, Brounaben, Bowermadden, Old Stirkake, and Dunbeath in Caithness; with remarks on the period of the brochs, and an appendix, containing a collected list of the brochs of Scotland, and early notices of m. Archaeol Scot. 131-98. 193.
- --- SHG1531 Text/Publication/Article: Graham, A. 1949. 'Some observations on the brochs', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 81 1946-7, p.48-99. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 48-99. 94.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
