<< Other Photo Pages >> Castle Mestag - Hillfort in Scotland in Caithness
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Mestag Alternative Name: Mell Head FortCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 5.445 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Caithness Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: ND33977633
Latitude: 58.669732N Longitude: 3.140137W
Condition:
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A fortified sea stack off the coast of Stroma, an island off the north coast of Scotland. The stack was once accessible by bridge, but is now inaccessible. There is no date for the fort.
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