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Latitude: 58.2568 / 58°15'24"N
Longitude: -3.4604 / 3°27'37"W
OS Eastings: 314394
OS Northings: 930718
OS Grid: ND143307
Mapcode National: GBR K6TX.3L7
Mapcode Global: WH5D3.TQCM
Entry Name: Balantrath,broch 135m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 30 June 1939
Last Amended: 6 March 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM522
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch
Location: Latheron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
This monument is a broch situated on a rocky outcrop on the left bank
of the Dunbeath Water. The site consists of a large mound of earth
and stone situated on the edge of a short vertical cliff. The mound measures approximately 23m NW-SE by 15m NE-SW and is about 3m high. There is some loose stone on top of the mound and a ruined stretch of the outer wall of the broch is exposed on the N side. There are
traces of 2 possible subrectangular structures at the base of the
mound to the SW and SE and traces of a ditch can be seen on the NE
and SE side of the broch. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum
of 50m NW-SE by 35m NE-SW, to include the broch, the associated structures, the ditch and an area around in which traces of
activities associated with the construction and use of the broch will survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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