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<< Text Pages >> Scrabster Mains - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Caithness

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Wednesday, 27 April 2011  Page Views: 4323

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Scrabster Mains
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: ND08676969
Latitude: 58.605520N  Longitude: 3.573484W
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
2 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 Caithness

Remains of a broch preserved as a mound of 16 m diameter and 3 m height.

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ND0869 : Track leading towards Scrabster by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
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ND0869 : Bend in the A836 by JThomas
by JThomas
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ND0869 : Local wall style, Scottish north coast by Nigel Thompson
by Nigel Thompson
©2015(licence)
ND0869 : Farm track off the A836 by JThomas
by JThomas
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ND0869 : A836 heading for Thurso by Peter Bond
by Peter Bond
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 8.2km WSW 241° Cnoc Freiceadain N* Cairn (ND01386585)
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 8.4km WSW 242° Upper Dounreay I* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ND01176596)
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 8.5km SE 140° Carsgoe Broch or Nuraghe (ND1463)
 8.5km E 94° East Murkle Cairn (ND17216891)
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 8.6km WSW 238° Na Tri Sithean* Chambered Cairn (ND01246532)
 8.7km WSW 244° Upper Dounreay Cairn* Chambered Cairn (ND00796604)
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