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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Whitegate Broch
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: ND35416120
Latitude: 58.534093N Longitude: 3.110997W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

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.

no data Accuracy:

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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SolarMegalith visited on 15th Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

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**Whitegate Broch** submitted by h_fenton : Whitegate Broch, near Keiss, Caithness. Kite Aerial Photograph 10 May 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch in Caithness

Ruins of a broch with 8 m of internal diameter and walls preserved up to 1 m of height.

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