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Latitude: 58.292 / 58°17'31"N
Longitude: -3.4416 / 3°26'29"W
OS Eastings: 315581
OS Northings: 934611
OS Grid: ND155346
Mapcode National: GBR K6WT.65S
Mapcode Global: WH6F2.3VD5
Entry Name: Minera,broch 90m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 26 September 1934
Last Amended: 11 January 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM568
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch
Location: Latheron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument consists of a turf-covered stony mound approximately 24m
in diameter and about 3m high. Near the foot of the mound to the NW a trench has revealed the outer face of the broch and a depression
running to the centre of the mound from the W has lintel-like slabs
at its outer end and probably marks the line of an entrance passage.
The broch rises from a lower mound which contains the remains of an associated settlement. On the S side is a curving wall of stones
which represents the enclosure which contained the outbuildings. The site is enclosed with an early modern wall. The area to be scheduled measures 70m E-W by 60m N-S, to include the broch, associated
settlement and an area around in which traces of activities
associated with the building and occupation of the settlement may 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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