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<< Text Pages >> Ruir Taing - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Shetland

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 31 July 2011  Page Views: 2939

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ruir Taing
Country: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: HU616873
Latitude: 60.564486N  Longitude: 0.878247W
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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Broch in Shetland

Almost completely destroyed broch on Fetlar Island. It’s only traces are disturbed ground near the sea and earthen ramparts.

MacKie E.W. 2002. The roundhouses, brochs and wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700BC - AD500: architecture and material culture. Part 1 - The Orkney and Shetland Isles. British Archaeological Reports.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
HU6187 : Ruir Taing, Lambhoga, Fetlar by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2019(licence)
HU6187 : Shore of Lamb Hoga by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2013(licence)
HU6186 : Small rock off the Horn of Ramsness, Fetlar by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2019(licence)
HU6187 : Horn of Ramsness, Fetlar by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2019(licence)
HU6186 : Skerry off Horn of Ramsness by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
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 3.1km N 8° Houbie Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (HU61969035)
 3.1km NNE 27° Feal Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (HU62959011)
 3.3km NNE 20° Ripple Stone (Fetlar) Standing Stone (Menhir) (HU62699044)
 3.5km NE 48° Aithbank* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (HU6417589735)
 5.1km N 8° Hjaltadans* Stone Circle (HU6220892397)
 5.4km N 3° Fidlers Crus* Stone Circle (HU6179592690)
 5.5km N 358° Stackaberg Cairn* Cairn (HU6128692786)
 5.6km N 3° Whilsa Pund* Ancient Village or Settlement (HU61789295)
 6.2km N 7° Vord Hill 3* Cairn (HU6225193504)
 6.3km N 6° Vord Hill South* Chambered Cairn (HU6217593553)
 6.4km N 7° Vord Hill North* Chambered Cairn (HU6222193670)
 6.4km NNW 328° Brough Lodge Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (HU5806392653)
 7.1km NNW 329° Sna Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (HU5779393326)
 10.2km NW 326° Burra Ness broch* Broch or Nuraghe (HU55729569)
 12.3km N 353° Uyea Cairn* Cairn (HU599995)
 12.4km WSW 238° Loch of Kettlester Broch or Nuraghe (HU511806)
 13.3km N 356° Clivocast Standing Stone* Standing Stones (HP60440055)
 13.4km N 357° Uyea Breck* Standing Stone (Menhir) (HP60610071)
 14.4km NNW 337° Hoga Ness broch* Broch or Nuraghe (HP557005)
 14.9km N 2° Sand Wick Burial Ground* Ancient Village or Settlement (HP6185102202)
 14.9km N 352° Gletna W* Stone Circle (HP59160206)
 15.4km NNW 341° Ness of Wadbister Broch or Nuraghe (HP56200180)
 15.7km NW 305° Lumbister, N Yell* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (HU486962)
 16.1km NNW 344° Snabrough broch* Broch or Nuraghe (HP568027)
 16.4km NNW 348° Lund Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (HP57870334)
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