What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lynegar House, Grey Cairn as Broch (iron Age)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Iron Age broch; likely dates to between 500 BC and 500 AD. It represents a significant example of early Celtic defensive and domestic architecture in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
LynegarLithic Scatter (prehistoric) · 275 yd
Loch WattenCrannog (period Unassigned) · 1730 yd
Lynegar Burn FarmFarm (period Unassigned), Mill (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.3 mi,_Highland_(geograph_4422821).jpg?width=1280)
Watten StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) (1874)-(1960) · 1.4 mi
Watten War MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Wester Watten MossForest · 3.5 mi
Bilbster and Stirkoke War MemorialMemorial · 4.9 mi
Achlachan MossForest · 5.5 mi
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 7.7 mi
Dirlot CastleCastle (medieval) · 8.1 mi
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 8.1 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 10 miOther information
Photo: Ewen Rennie · CC BY-SA 2.0