Hill of Works
Hill of Works is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Hill of Works is situated nearby to Bridge of Lyth, as well as near the watermill Barrock Mill.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: broch in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hill of Works Broch” and “Hill of Works,broch 550m ESE of 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 1,700 feet east of Hill of Works.
Barrock Mill
Watermill
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrock Mill is a watermill, which is situated 1,800 feet east of Hill of Works.
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 Hill of Works.
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 3½ miles west of Hill of Works.
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 3½ miles east of Hill of Works.
Hill of Works
- Categories: broch, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.54525° or 58° 32′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.22091° or 3° 13′ 15″ westOpen location code
9CCRGQWH+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 638955705OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q56666824
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