<< Our Photo Pages >> Loch of Brindister - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Shetland
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Multi-periodSite Name: Loch of BrindisterCountry: 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
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5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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SolarMegalith visited on 14th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 1
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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