Monument record MHG796 - Broch, Tulloch of Achavarn

Tulloch of Achavarn (NR) OS 6"map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

About 130 yards S of Achavarn, on E shore of Loch Calder, is site of a broch. The structure, which has measured some 62ft in diameter, has been almost entirely removed. At some 4 or 5ft from its base is a low encircling bank or wall.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.

All that remains of this mound are two almost concentric banks of earth and stone, caused by the intrusion of a robber trench 2m to 3m wide. N segment of both banks has been removed. The inner bank, 7m wide and 1.6m high, has a diameter of some 14m. The outer bank, about 4m from the inner, is 3.5m wide and 0.6m high. There is little evidence left to suggest that this is remains of a broch, but siting is typical, & robber trench around circumference suggests that a broad wall has been quarried away. The remains of mound measure over all some 28m in diameter.
Visited by OS (W D J) 9 April 1962.

(ND 0855 5962) Tulloch of Achavarn (NAT) Broch (NR) (remains of) OS 25"map, (1967)

Tulloch of Achavarn, turf-covered remains of a broch as described in the previous field report.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 September 1981.