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Multi-periodSite Name: Tigh ClachCountry: 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:
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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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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