caithness-1911/05_212

Transcription

INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS, ETC., IN COUNTY OF CAITHNESS. [Page] 127

PARISH OF WATTEN.

the edge of this bank. The diameter across the centre of the mound
from the top of the rampart is 58'.

462. Broch, "Cairn of Dunn," Old Hall of Dunn. - Across a glen
from the last mentioned broch, and some 350 yards SE. of Old Hall,
is another round stony mound, probably a broch. It is situated in a
cultivated field, commanding an extensive prospect, and has been
frquently ploughed over. The surface is strewn with fragments of
slaty stone, but no structure is visible. The diameter of the mound
is about 100', and its elevation is some 3'.

463. Broch, Old Hall of Dunn. - Some 500 yards N. of Old Hall,
on the N. side of the public road near the edge of a cultivated field,
is a large grass-covered mound which probably contains the remains
of a broch. No part of the structure is visible, but a circular
depression on the summit near the N. end may indicate the interior
court. The surface of the field is lowest on the W., and from that
direction the mound has an elevation of about 11'. From the N. the
greatest height is some 8'.
O.S.M., CAITH., xviii. Visited, 25th May 1910.

464. Broch, Green Hill, Wester Watten. - A grass-covered knoll im-
mediately to the W. of Wester Watten House conceals the remains of
a broch. The only part of the structure visible is the entrance passage
facing the S., which has been partially cleared out. The total length
of passage wall exposed is 31' on the left, and 29' on the right. The
inner end is not exposed, but where last visible the left wall is curv-
ing to the right. At 8' in from the exterior on the left side and
8' 6" on the right, are door checks formed by slabs. No bar holes
appear behind them. The passage outside the checks measures
2' 6" in width, and immediately in rear of them 5'. It thereafter
again contracts, and at 14' from the outside, where the first lintel is
met, it is 2' 8". At 18' 6" from the outside on the right is the entrance
to a guard chamber. The entrance is 2' 6" wide, and the chamber
and passage to it are almost filled with debris. At 4' inwards in
the main passage from the inner side of the entrance to the guard
chamber is another door check, projecting 6" into the passage, but
the corresponding check on the opposite wall is not exposed. The
lintels cover the passage for a distance of 7' 6". The diameter of the
mound along the line of the passage is some 92', and at right angles
to that direction 86' ; its elevation is from 9' to 10'.
O.S.M., CAITH.,xviii. Visited, 25th May 1910.

465. Broch (supposed), Banks of Watten. - On the moor about 3/4 m.
WSW. of Banks of Watten at the W. end of a low ridge is a grassy
mound. The number of flattish stones exposed over its surface suggest
that it covers the ruins of a broch. The outline of the remains apart
from the natural level of the ridge is so indefinite that dimensions
are unobtainable.
O.S.M., CAITH., xviii. ("Cairn of Achoy"). Visited, 27th May 1910.

466. Broch, "Bail a' Chairn," Acharole. - About 2 m. up the Burn
of Acharole from Watten and near Acharole are the conspicuous
remains of a broch. From the moorland there rises a grassy hillock