<< Text Pages >> Shorelands - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Caithness
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: ShorelandsCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Wick
Map Ref: ND36475425
Latitude: 58.471842N Longitude: 3.090858W
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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Broch in Caithness
Possible remains of a broch preserved as a low mound were visible in 1910, but the field survey in 1981 revealed that the mound has almost completely disappeared.
MacKie E.W. 2007. The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700 BC – AD 500. Part 2 (I). Oxford: Archaeopress (p. 462).
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