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Latitude: 58.2678 / 58°16'4"N
Longitude: -3.3952 / 3°23'42"W
OS Eastings: 318250
OS Northings: 931867
OS Grid: ND182318
Mapcode National: GBR K6ZW.9GD
Mapcode Global: WH6F8.TGF4
Entry Name: Upper Latheron, broch 230m E of
Scheduled Date: 16 June 1939
Last Amended: 31 October 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM598
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch
Location: Latheron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument comprises the remains of a broch and associated structures. The broch is already scheduled, but this re-scheduling extends protection to the surrounding remains.
The broch survives as a substantial mound up to 3m high, built on a sloping site. Its outer face is visible for a long stretch on the E side, with up to 4 course of masonry showing. To both the SE and the NW are extensive traces of other, ruined, structures which may be of contemporary date.
The area now to be scheduled is oval and measures a maximum of 40m NE-SW by 60m NW-SE, to include the broch mound and surrounding remains and an area around them in which further remains may be expected to survive. The area is shown in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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