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Latitude: 58.4594 / 58°27'33"N
Longitude: -3.4754 / 3°28'31"W
OS Eastings: 314008
OS Northings: 953296
OS Grid: ND140532
Mapcode National: GBR K6SC.GPS
Mapcode Global: WH5C4.LM7S
Entry Name: Cnoc Donn, broch 600m ESE of Dale Farm, Halkirk
Scheduled Date: 22 November 1933
Last Amended: 28 February 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM541
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch
Location: Halkirk
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument to be scheduled is a broch known as Cnoc Donn.
It currently survives as a group of turf-covered earthworks, the central mound standing c 2.5m high. The broch is protected by a bank and ditch on its E side. The ditch survives c 20m wide and the bank stands c 3m above its base. The monument was first scheduled in 1933, but an inadequate area was included to protect all the archaeological remains: the present rescheduling rectifies this.
The scheduled area measures 70m in diameter as indicated in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as the well preserved remains of a broch defended by a ditch on its eastern side. It retains considerable potential to provide important information about the construction and defence of these prehistoric fortifications.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS - ND15SW 5
RCAHMS Third report and invertory of monuments and construction in the county of caithness 1911 p 32 no 103.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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