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<< Text Pages >> Deerness - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, 15 February 2001  Page Views: 6631

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Deerness
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: HY588063  Landranger Map Number: 6
Latitude: 58.941940N  Longitude: 2.717632W
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
 no data 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
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Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by SandyG : Probable medieval chapel was built on top of an earlier Norse church. View from above and west. (8th June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by SandyG : View from the north west. The rampart is clearly visible protruding above the chasm below. (8th June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by SandyG : The promontory fort. View from the west. (8th June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by SandyG : The path up the side of the cliff to the promontory fort is not for the faint hearted. View from the east.(8th June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by howar : wall across cliff-face giving access to brough after fall of land-bridge. Age unknown yo me (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by howar : Detail one side of vallum

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by SandyG : Norse building earthwork. View from the north. (8th June 2015).

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by SandyG : The entrance to the promontory fort. Walling on either side indicates that the rampart was faced. View from the south. (8th June 2015).

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by SandyG : Well on the promontory would have been the source of water. (8th June 2015).

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by howar : The vallum itself, possible earlier structure wall just visible bottom LH corner

Brough of Deerness
Brough of Deerness submitted by howar : Entire brough, vallum LH, chapel RH top

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 800m S 176° The Howie* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY58850550)
 1.2km NNE 17° Riggan of Kami* Broch or Nuraghe (HY59170743)
 1.7km W 259° Howan Blo* Cist (HY571060)
 2.0km WNW 290° Koffer Howe* Artificial Mound (HY56920699)
 2.2km WNW 283° Millfield* Artificial Mound (HY56700682)
 2.4km SSW 198° Howe o' Backland* Broch or Nuraghe (HY58040402)
 2.5km NNE 17° Brough of Deerness* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (HY59550873)
 2.5km SSW 211° Newark (Orkney)* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (HY57460413)
 3.4km SW 220° Mussaquoy* Artificial Mound (HY56590369)
 3.9km W 267° Eves Howe* Broch or Nuraghe (HY54900611)
 4.3km W 270° Hurnip's Point* Chambered Cairn (HY54480634)
 4.4km SW 230° Sandaiken* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY55380346)
 5.0km SW 233° Dingieshowe* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY54760330)
 5.1km SW 232° Peerie Howe* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY54750324)
 5.3km WSW 244° Comely* Cairn (HY54040403)
 5.4km WSW 250° St. Peter's Bay Mound* Broch or Nuraghe (HY537045)
 5.5km WSW 247° Campston Cairn* Cairn (HY537042)
 5.6km WSW 247° St. Peter's Kirk* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY536042)
 5.7km NW 311° The Brough* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY545101)
 5.8km NW 312° Castle of Hangie Bay* Stone Fort or Dun (HY54461022)
 6.1km SW 229° Stembister farm stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (HY54130239)
 6.3km WNW 296° Taing of Beeman* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY53210914)
 6.4km WSW 249° Campston (Toab)* Broch or Nuraghe (HY528041)
 6.4km SW 230° The Cairn* Artificial Mound (HY53840223)
 6.8km W 267° Breck Farm* Standing Stones (HY520060)
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Re: Deerness by howar on Wednesday, 05 May 2004
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HY50NE21 Howan at Skaill proved upon excavation to be a sand dune, with the dark layer being ard-marked Bronze Age ploughsoil. HY50NE 20 Riggan of Kami, half-way between here and the Brough of Deerness is either a broch or semi-broch.
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