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Backies, broch 300m N of Whitestone Croft

A Scheduled Monument in East Sutherland and Edderton, Highland

Coordinates

Latitude: 57.9974 / 57°59'50"N

Longitude: -3.9733 / 3°58'23"W

OS Eastings: 283459

OS Northings: 902614

OS Grid: NC834026

Mapcode National: GBR J7KL.8QQ

Mapcode Global: WH4D2.Y74Y

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Backies, broch 300m N of Whitestone Croft

Scheduled Date: 29 June 1939

Last Amended: 29 January 2016

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1835

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch

Location: Golspie

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton

Traditional County: Sutherland

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