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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sheil HengeCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.449 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Highlands Type: Henge
Nearest Village: Sheil Bridge
Map Ref: NG93081868
Latitude: 57.211996N Longitude: 5.428095W
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 |
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Henge in Highlands.Discovered in 1972, in a pasture close to the SE shore of Loch Duich. The site has been much damaged by grazing horses, but the ditch and banks are still visible. The ditch is some 3 to 6 feet wide; the area enclosed by the ditch is some 26 feet in diameter. There are traces of an entrance causeway to the west, and possibly another entrance to the east.
The site has extensive views down Loch Duich to the NW and the position of the midsummer sunset (c 319°), and to the Five Sisters of Kintail to the East.
See Canmore NG91NW 3.
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