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Latitude: 58.2747 / 58°16'28"N
Longitude: -3.3883 / 3°23'17"W
OS Eastings: 318668
OS Northings: 932619
OS Grid: ND186326
Mapcode National: GBR L60V.LM2
Mapcode Global: WH6F8.X8PX
Entry Name: Latheronwheel Bridge,broch 450m S of
Scheduled Date: 16 June 1939
Last Amended: 18 November 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM565
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch
Location: Latheron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument is a broch and the surviving remains consist of a mound about 18m in diameter and 3m high. On the S side of the broch are
traces of an excavation which uncovered part of the entrance and
casing wall of the broch. The entrance is marked by a hollow on the
SSW of the broch and an area of collapse in the centre of the mound.
To the W of this is a length of ruined casing wall about 9-10m in length. A monolith standing out from the broch wall could indicate
part of an external building to the S of the broch. The area to be scheduled measures 40m NNW-SSE by 50m E-W, to include the broch and
an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use may survive, as shown in red on the enclosed
map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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