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<< Our Photo Pages >> Loch of Brindister - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Shetland

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Monday, 29 June 2015  Page Views: 2684

Multi-periodSite Name: Loch of Brindister
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.733 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Shetland Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Lerwick
Map Ref: HU43263701
Latitude: 60.115386N  Longitude: 1.223523W
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.
4 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.
1 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
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Loch of Brindister
Loch of Brindister submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of a dun on Loch of Brindister (photo taken on June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Dun in Shetland

This dry-stone wall dun is located on an island of Loch of Brindister. The walls reach up to 2.50m of thickness. No remains of a causeway leading to the islet can be detected.

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Loch of Brindister
Loch of Brindister submitted by SolarMegalith : Islet with an Iron Age dun on Loch of Brindister - view from the east (photo taken on June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
HU4337 : Loch of Brindister by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2010(licence)
HU4337 : Loch of Brindister by Ken Craig
by Ken Craig
©2007(licence)
HU4336 : Loch of Brindister by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2010(licence)
HU4236 : Loch of Brindister by Robert Sandison
by Robert Sandison
©2008(licence)
HU4336 : A970 towards Lerwick by David Dixon
by David Dixon
©2019(licence)

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