<< Text Pages >> Knowe of Taft - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Orkney
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Knowe of TaftCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Map Ref: HY28362226
Latitude: 59.081218N Longitude: 3.251643W
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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Broch in Orkney
Ruins of a ground-galleried broch which were excavated in 1882. Traces of 10 m long passage (gallery?) running around the broch wall were discovered, as well as sherds of Samian ware.
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. 224)
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