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<< Text Pages >> Tigh Clach - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in Barra and Vatersay

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Tuesday, 29 November 2011  Page Views: 2557

Multi-periodSite Name: Tigh Clach
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.214 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Barra and Vatersay Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Map Ref: NL667997
Latitude: 56.967914N  Longitude: 7.486767W
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
1 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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Wheelhouse in Barra and Vatersay

A report from 1965 mentions a mound which could be remains of an Iron Age wheelhouse, but later field investigations did not confirm it's existence.

MacKie E.W. 2007. The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland, part 2: II. Oxford: BAR.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NL6699 : Cadha Mòr by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
©2011(licence)
NL6699 : Loch Uisge and Cadha Mòr by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2019(licence)
NL6699 : Cadha Mòr and Loch Uisge by Mick Garratt
by Mick Garratt
©2017(licence)
NF6600 : Loch Uisge, Barra by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2019(licence)
NF6700 : Stream junction by Mick Garratt
by Mick Garratt
©2017(licence)

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