Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site

Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site is situated nearby to the archaeological site Ring of Castle Hill, as well as near the building Home Farm, Barrock House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bridge of Lyth and Barrock Mill.

Bridge of Lyth

Bridge

Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bridge of Lyth is situated 1 mile northeast of Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site.

Barrock Mill

Watermill

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barrock Mill is a watermill, which is situated 1 mile east of Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reaster and Bower.

Reaster

Hamlet

Reaster is a settlement in the civil parish of Bower, Caithness in the Scottish Highlands. It is near to the site of a former GCHQ monitoring station, which was decommissioned in 1978. Reaster is situated 2½ miles northwest of Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site.

Bower

Village

Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bower is a village and civil parish in Highland, Scotland It is 10 miles from Thurso and around 11 miles from Wick. Bower is served by Wick, Thurso and Castletown for shopping, taxis and post offices. Bower is situated 2½ miles west of Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site.

Keiss

Village

Photo: Fergus Mather, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Keiss is a fishing village at the northern end of Sinclair's Bay on the east coast of Caithness in Scotland's Highland Council area. Keiss is situated 4 miles east of Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site.

Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.54019° or 58° 32′ 25″ north

Longitude

-3.23965° or 3° 14′ 23″ west

Open location code

9CCRGQR6+34

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1389421971

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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