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<< Text Pages >> Loch of Kettlester - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Shetland

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Loch of Kettlester
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.958 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Shetland Type: Broch or Nuraghe
 Nearest Village: Burravoe
Map Ref: HU511806
Latitude: 60.505809N  Longitude: 1.071459W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Broch in Shetland

Remains of a broch (mainly scattered debris and traces of foundations) located on a small islet.

MacKie E.W. 2002. The roundhouses, brochs and wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700BC - AD500: architecture and material culture. Part 1 - The Orkney and Shetland Isles. British Archaeological Reports.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
HU5180 : Loch of Kettlester by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2013(licence)
HU5180 : The Loch of Kettlester, near Burravoe on Yell by David Purchase
by David Purchase
©2016(licence)
HU5180 : Loch of Kettlester by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2008(licence)
HU5180 : Loch of Kettlester by Oliver Dixon
by Oliver Dixon
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HU5180 : Loch of Kettlester by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2008(licence)

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