<< Text Pages >> Green Hill of Scarton - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Orkney
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Green Hill of ScartonCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 6.932 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Map Ref: ND33789005
Latitude: 58.792894N Longitude: 3.147461W
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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Possible broch preserved as a 2 m high grassy mound.
MacKie, E. 2002. Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700 BC – AD 500. Part I: The Orkney and Shetland Isles. Oxford: Archaeopress. (p. 260)
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