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Submitted by SolarMegalith on Saturday, 12 March 2011  Page Views: 3080

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tannach Mains
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.177 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: ND32364748
Latitude: 58.410434N  Longitude: 3.159302W
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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Tannach Mains
Tannach Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Tannach Mains broch - view from the NW (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Caithness

Remains of a broch preserved a a strongly ploughed around stony mound. No clear traces of broch structures have survived.

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Tannach Mains
Tannach Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of a possible broch in Tannach Mains under invasion of the cows - view from the west (photo taken on July 2011). (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Tannach Mains
Tannach Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Possible remains of a broch in landscape context (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tannach Mains
Tannach Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Some stones on SW slope, but it's difficult tu estimate if they are representative for the structure of the mound (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tannach Mains
Tannach Mains submitted by SolarMegalith : Wartime structures constructed on top of the broch mound (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ND3247 : Ruins of wartime buildings near Tannach by Steven Brown
by Steven Brown
©2010(licence)
ND3247 : The old schoolhouse at Tanach by Les Harvey
by Les Harvey
©2008(licence)
ND3247 : Track to Kinlochy by Les Harvey
by Les Harvey
©2007(licence)
ND3247 : Farmhouse at Tannach by Les Harvey
by Les Harvey
©2007(licence)
ND3247 : Tannach Mains by Steven Brown
by Steven Brown
©2010(licence)

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