What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Thing's Va as Broch (iron Age)(possible), Cairn (period Unassigned). 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 and unassigned cairn; the site represents a combination of defensive and funerary structures characteristic of northern Scotland's later prehistoric landscape.
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Places near here
Scrabster HillField System (period Unassigned), Wall (period Unassigned) · 531 yd
ScrabsterBroch (iron Age), Coin(s) (period Unassigned) · 1233 ydSheepfold, Scrabster HillSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1312 yd
BlackheathRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1437 yd
Wolfburn DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.1 mi
Cairnmore HillockMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 1.8 mi
Thurso, Mount Vernon, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 2.0 mi
Magnus Mowat MemorialMemorial · 2.1 mi
Ben Rannes: Spear Head, Pentland FirthTrawler (20th Century) · 2.3 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 2.7 mi
Brims CastleTower House (medieval) · 2.9 mi