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Green Tullochs,broch & cairn 640m NNW of Borrowston Mains

A Scheduled Monument in Thurso and Northwest Caithness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.6035 / 58°36'12"N

Longitude: -3.7002 / 3°42'0"W

OS Eastings: 301303

OS Northings: 969647

OS Grid: ND013696

Mapcode National: GBR K57Z.MS3

Mapcode Global: WH5BG.408S

Entry Name: Green Tullochs,broch & cairn 640m NNW of Borrowston Mains

Scheduled Date: 30 July 1938

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM554

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)

Location: Reay

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness

Traditional County: Caithness

Description

Laid out 1861 by Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company Association. 2-storey and attic row of housing with stairs to upper flat on one side. Rockfaced gable-end to Glenogle Road with Masonic sumbols to window lintels. Some later dormer alterations. Small garden areas with obelisks to Glenogle Road entrances.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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