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 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″ north

Longitude

-3.22091° or 3° 13′ 15″ west

Open location code

9CCRGQWH+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 638955705

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q56666824

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Highlights include Home Farm, Barrock House and Ring of Castle Hill.

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