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Olrig House,broch 900m north east of

A Scheduled Monument in Thurso and Northwest Caithness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.5843 / 58°35'3"N

Longitude: -3.3926 / 3°23'33"W

OS Eastings: 319130

OS Northings: 967100

OS Grid: ND191671

Mapcode National: GBR K6Z1.BNK

Mapcode Global: WH6CQ.VHNJ

Entry Name: Olrig House,broch 900m NE of

Scheduled Date: 15 February 1938

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM572

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch

Location: Olrig

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness

Traditional County: Caithness

Description

Thomas Telford, circa 1815. Single span rubble bridge;

dressed rubble arch ring and parapet cope; shallow end

buttresses; splayed approaches.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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