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Thuster

Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)

Site Name Thuster

Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)

Canmore ID 9256

Site Number ND35SW 6

NGR ND 3004 5254

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Wick
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND35SW 6 3004 5254.

Broch, Thuster. In the corner of a cultivated field, about 1/2 mile N of Thuster farm, is a low circular mound, much ploughed down, which appears to cover the ruins of a broch. It has a diameter of about 130ft and an elevation of 4 to 5ft. There is much salty stone lying about the surface. A stone cup, with a side handle, found in the vicinity, passed into the possession of the late Sir Francis Tress Barry.

RCAHMS 1911.

Mr Swanson (farmer, Thuster Farm) considers the mound described above to be at ND 3004 5254: he states that it has been thought to be the site of a broch.

This mound fits the description given. It is situated on a slight elevation overlooking an extensive area of level ground. The low, spread mound is very much ploughed down and measures 45.0m NE-SW by 36.0m transversely over all, by 1.3m high. A very slight flattening some 12.0m in diameter is barely perceptible on top. A few fairly large flat stones are to be seen on the surface.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (R D L) 26 April 1963.

The mound was ploughed over and planted with barley at the time of investigation.

Visited by OS (N K B) 3 September 1982.

Not visible in a field of standing barley.

Information contained in letter from R L Wilby, Ordnance Survey field surveyor, to RCAHMS 5 July 1990

Broch, Thuster. Dimensions: 46 x 45m. Subcircular grass-covered mound 1.8m high.

R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

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Publication Account (2007)

ND35 7 THUSTER ND/3004 5254

Possible broch in Wick, Caithness, now a low mound 1.2-1.5m (4-5ft) high in the corner of a field and with much slaty stone lying on its surface. A handled stone cup of Iron Age type was found nearby and was obtained by Sir F Tress Barry [2].

Sources: 1. NMRS site no. ND 35 SW 6: 2. RCAHMS 1911b, 160, no. 519.

E W MacKie 2007

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