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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Hillock - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Thursday, 03 June 2004  Page Views: 5243

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: The Hillock
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Finstown
Map Ref: HY361142  Landranger Map Number: 6
Latitude: 59.010083N  Longitude: 3.114289W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
3 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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The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : looing down on right of cell. Going into Finstown is the road to Evie. Go out of town and you can't miss the pillbox. This sits on The Hillock (RCAHMS NMRS Record no.HY31SE 4). I spent two seasons based just outwith, whilst working on The Howe outside Stromness, and I never realised I had a broch practically on my doorstep. At the near end is a space going down to the shore. To the left is a squa... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Orkney

Going into Finstown is the road to Evie. Go out of town and you can't miss the pillbox. This sits on The Hillock (RCAHMS NMRS Record no.HY31SE 4).
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The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : Stones used to repair a field wall (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : approx. N/S profile of broch looking across The Ouse, a tidal inlet (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : The Ouse in foreground and Wideford Hill in background. Ingshowe broch lies in between (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : The Ouse in foreground and Bay of Firth behind broch (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : viewed from Redland road on hillside above (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : Looking down on passage Orkney HY361142 (1 comment)

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : Aperture at back of the cell. Orkney HY361142

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : cell to ?entrance passage Orkney HY361142

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : settlement mound, digs showing. Even on CANMAP this is still down as a chambered tomb. Understandable for the size. But a partial excavation found two chambers each with a short passage leading to a common paved stone-walled enclosure (I am reminded that at least one beehive structure used to reside in Breck Farm's stackyard). So CANMORE says present thinking is a secondary broch settlement or a ...

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : looking down on left of cell. Going into Finstown is the road to Evie. Go out of town and you can't miss the pillbox. This sits on The Hillock (RCAHMS NMRS Record no.HY31SE 4). I spent two seasons based just outwith, whilst working on The Howe outside Stromness, and I never realised I had a broch practically on my doorstep. At the near end is a space going down to the shore. To the left is a squa...

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : front of cell from above. Going into Finstown is the road to Evie. Go out of town and you can't miss the pillbox. This sits on The Hillock (RCAHMS NMRS Record no.HY31SE 4). I spent two seasons based just outwith, whilst working on The Howe outside Stromness, and I never realised I had a broch practically on my doorstep. At the near end is a space going down to the shore. To the left is a square m...

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : ?entrance passage. Going into Finstown is the road to Evie. Go out of town and you can't miss the pillbox. This sits on The Hillock (RCAHMS NMRS Record no.HY31SE 4). I spent two seasons based just outwith, whilst working on The Howe outside Stromness, and I never realised I had a broch practically on my doorstep. At the near end is a space going down to the shore. To the left is a square modern w...

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : Finstown end of road. Going into Finstown is the road to Evie. Go out of town and you can't miss the pillbox. This sits on The Hillock (RCAHMS NMRS Record no.HY31SE 4). I spent two seasons based just outwith, whilst working on The Howe outside Stromness, and I never realised I had a broch practically on my doorstep. At the near end is a space going down to the shore. To the left is a square moder...

The Hillock
The Hillock submitted by howar : roadside view from far end. Going into Finstown is the road to Evie. Go out of town and you can't miss the pillbox. This sits on The Hillock (RCAHMS NMRS Record no.HY31SE 4). At the near end is a space going down to the shore. To the left is a square modern wall and from there looking across its nature was plain as a pikestaff, that familiar broch outline revealed. I went down on the shore to se...

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Re: The Hillock by howar on Tuesday, 30 August 2011
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In 1990 Andrew Appleby reported that recently much had been removed by cutting across the seaward side
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