Broubster

Broubster
Loch Saorach next to Broubster.
Broubster Location within the Caithness area
OS grid reference	ND0338159177
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Broubster is a village in Highland, Scotland.[1] Near Broubster, there is a Bronze Age megalithic arrangement. Ten stones remain of an original set of approximately 36. The arrangement is similar to a larger arrangement at Achavanich.[2]

Geography

Broubster lies on the Forss Water, 6 miles south of Lybster farm on the A836.[3] Loch Calder is located about 1 miles to the west. An older settlement that is now ruined lies to the south of Broubster, that included several hut circles. This was the former planned village, which was established in the late 19th century to re-house some of the tenants evicted from the Broubster and Shurrery estates. Four rows of buildings are still clearly visible, one still partly roofed with turf. The last inhabitants left in the 1950s.[4]

Broubster Leans overlooking Broubster Cottage with Broubster Leans to the south-east and Loch Calder in the distance.

To the east of Broubster lies a marsh called the Broubster Leans or Leans of Achaeter. This is a transition mire which has developed on a floodplain on the River Forss. The Leans support a diversity of plant communities from open water to Carr, rush pasture, blanket bog and quaking bog considered to be one of the best of its kind in the United Kingdom.[5]

References

1. Microsoft; Nokia. "Broubster" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
2. "Broubster". Caithness Archaeological Trust. Caithness Archaeological Trust 2004. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
3. "Broubster". The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
4. "Explore Caithness". Highland HER. The Highland Council 2012, HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
5. Robert J. Fuller (8 November 2012). Birds and Habitat: Relationships in Changing Landscapes. Cambridge University Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-521-89756-3. Retrieved 30 March 2018.