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Heilam,broch 620m north east of

A Scheduled Monument in North, West and Central Sutherland, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.5057 / 58°30'20"N

Longitude: -4.6445 / 4°38'40"W

OS Eastings: 246014

OS Northings: 960533

OS Grid: NC460605

Mapcode National: GBR G6X7.M9V

Mapcode Global: WH26Z.MGJT

Entry Name: Heilam,broch 620m NE of

Scheduled Date: 21 February 1939

Last Amended: 23 July 1976

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM3853

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch

Location: Durness

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland

Traditional County: Sutherland

Description

1845. 2-storey station with single storey waiting room; Tudor

style. Rubble snecked and squared; Catcraig ashlar dressings,

droved but over-cleaned. Bold gable copings of Catcraig stone

with moulded flues now cut down. Originally 12-pane sashes

throughout, some modern glazing.

N FRONT: projecting window panel ground floor at centre of

projecting gabled bay. Altered and obscured to right by

modern porch. Hoodmoulded windows on ground floor. 2 1st

floor windows with gabled heads.

Platform elevation rendered and lined as ashlar; fretted

canopies, originally with glass lights. Goods shed to E.

Cast-iron columns with boarded infill on brick plinth

(modern). Timber eaves brackets.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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