Featured: Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

Temples of Stone: Exploring the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland

Temples of Stone: Exploring the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland

Who's Online

There are currently, 418 guests and 2 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Text Pages >> Greenhill Broch - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Caithness

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Friday, 12 November 2010  Page Views: 2519

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Greenhill Broch Alternative Name: Roster
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Wick  Nearest Village: Roster
Map Ref: ND26643986
Latitude: 58.341090N  Longitude: 3.254737W
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

Internal Links:
External Links:

Broch in Caithness

A 2.5 metre high grassy mound which is the remains of a broch. The mound is 20 metres in diameter and some remains of lower parts of the broch walls are still visible.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : looking back at mound from the shore (Vote or comment on this photo)

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : wall section, inner and outer wallfaces I think (Vote or comment on this photo)

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : a stone section up close (Vote or comment on this photo)

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : northern half of the mound from the shore (Vote or comment on this photo)

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : side view of mound from down on the shore (Vote or comment on this photo)

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : my edge on view coming up the beach from the south

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : broch from ferry

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : mound including broch from the ferry

Quoyness, Greenhill Broch
Quoyness, Greenhill Broch submitted by howar : satellite view showing half the wall circuits surviving, with the cliff-face marking the entrance axis

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 1.8km SSE 160° Newlands of Clyth* Broch or Nuraghe (ND27243811)
 2.7km SSE 165° Bardintulloch Broch or Nuraghe (ND27303727)
 3.2km ESE 116° Hill o'Many Stanes* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ND2952438405)
 3.9km SE 132° Clyth Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND295372)
 3.9km ENE 69° Warehouse Hill Broch or Nuraghe (ND3034841227)
 4.0km N 350° Camster Stone Rows* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ND2601943791)
 4.1km N 350° Grey Cairns of Camster : Round Cairn* Round Cairn (ND26034390)
 4.1km SSW 198° The Tullochs* Broch or Nuraghe (ND25293597)
 4.2km N 351° Grey Cairns of Camster : Chambered Round Cairn* Chambered Cairn (ND26084403)
 4.2km S 175° Occumster* Broch or Nuraghe (ND26933565)
 4.4km N 351° Grey Cairns of Camster : Long Cairn* Chambered Cairn (ND26014420)
 4.4km E 94° Bruan* Broch or Nuraghe (ND31023949)
 4.4km ENE 79° Groat’s Loch, South* Stone Row / Alignment (ND3102340658)
 4.4km ENE 58° Warehouse Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND3046242147)
 4.5km ENE 76° Cairn Hanach* Chambered Cairn (ND31004085)
 4.5km ENE 59° Warehouse West* Cairn (ND3050742107)
 4.5km ENE 56° Yarrows Fort* Hillfort (ND3041342265)
 4.5km ENE 59° Warehouse South* Chambered Cairn (ND3057342081)
 4.5km ENE 76° Cairn east of Cairn Hanach* Cairn (ND31064085)
 4.5km ENE 77° Broughwin III* Stone Row / Alignment (ND3110040800)
 4.6km ENE 57° Warehouse North* Chambered Cairn (ND3056742276)
 4.6km E 82° Clash-an-dam* Stone Row / Alignment (ND3125640434)
 4.7km ENE 75° Broughwin IV* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ND3121541004)
 4.7km ENE 75° Broughwin II* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ND3125440965)
 4.8km SW 217° Lybster* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (ND237361)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Lower Camster Broch

Latheronwheel Chambered Cairn >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Caithness Archaeology: Aspects of Prehistory

Caithness Archaeology: Aspects of Prehistory

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Greenhill Broch" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.