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Latitude: 58.432 / 58°25'55"N
Longitude: -4.1942 / 4°11'39"W
OS Eastings: 271976
OS Northings: 951391
OS Grid: NC719513
Mapcode National: GBR J60F.X2P
Mapcode Global: WH49V.JBZ8
Entry Name: Dun Chealamy,broch
Scheduled Date: 3 March 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5632
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch
Location: Farr
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Sutherland
The monument consists of the remains of a broch and outworks situated on a spur to the S of the Carnachy Burn.
The broch has an internal diameter of about 7m and a wall between 3.7m and 4.3m wide. There is no clear indication of the location of the entrance, but a mural gallery is exposed in the rubble of the broch's SW arc.
The broch is naturally defended on all sides except the SW, which has outworks consisting of a double rampart with traces of 2 ditches. The ditches are 12m wide and about 2m deep. There are gaps between the natural slopes and the ends of the outer defences. The ditch contains the footings of a subrectangular structure, which is about 12m by 4m.
The area to be scheduled measures 80m WSW-ENE by 70m N-S, to include the broch, the defensive ramparts and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the monument may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric defensive architecture and domestic life.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NC 75 SW 9.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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