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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Brough Holm Alternative Name: Broch Holm of LundawickCountry: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Map Ref: HP566059
Latitude: 60.732186N Longitude: 0.964085W
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 Shetland
Remains of a broch on a small islet. The construction has been partly destroyed by erosion, but remains of the wall at the NW and traces of the ditch should still be distinguishable.
MacKie, E.W. 2002. The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700 BC - AD 500. Part I: The Orkney and Shetland Isles. Oxford: Archaeopress (p. 56).
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