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Photo Pages: Clachtoll Broch - Broch in Scotland in Highlands
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Submitted by lynswan on Friday, 13 November 2009 Page Views: 4239
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 Site Name: Clachtoll Broch Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Broch
Nearest Town: Lochinver Nearest Village: Stoer
Map Ref: NC03652785 Landranger Map Number: 15
Latitude: 58.195611N Longitude: 5.342486W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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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. |
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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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   Clachtoll Broch submitted by lynswan
This place would be well worth a visit even if there were no broch here, especially if you can watch the sunset. There's a car park by the beach, a ranger's hut, old salmon bothy, now a museum, a memorial to Rev Norman McLeod.... what more could you want.
The broch itsself has rather tumbled down but it has recently been stabilised so poses no danger, although you should probably refrain from climbing on it. I like to imagine the lives of the people who lived in it's protection but the really great thing about this site is it's ocean views, ideal for watching sea birds, seals and maybe even a bottle nosed dolphin and an interesting spot for geologists as well as geomancers.
It's not a difficult walk but can be a bit rough underfoot and is often very windy.
Note: Details of the Assynt Hidden Lives Project are on this page in the comments, including a couple of talks about the prehistory of the area
 Clachtoll Broch submitted by lynswan
Broch from the back, South.
This shows a large amount of big stones which used to be the walls.
 Clachtoll Broch submitted by lynswan
And this shows the entrance with large triangular lintel.
 Clachtoll Broch submitted by lynswan
Looking inside the broch entrance.
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Re: Clachtoll Broch (Score: 1)
by lynswan on Friday, 13 June 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | I will soon be back here, in one of the most beautiful locations I have found and will post a photo when I return.
This place would be well worth a visit even if there were no broch here, especially if you can watch the sunset. There's a car park by the beach, a ranger's hut, old salmon bothy, now a museum, a memorial to Rev Norman McLeod.... what more could you want.
The broch itsself has rather tumbled down but it has recently been stabilised so poses no danger, although you should probably refrain from climbing on it. I like to imagine the lives of the people who lived in it's protection but the really great thing about this site is it's ocean views, ideal for watching sea birds, seals and maybe even a bottle nosed dolphin and an interesting spot for geologists as well as geomancers. It's not a difficult walk but can be a bit rough underfoot and is often very windy. | [ Reply to This ]
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Announcing the Assynt Hidden Lives Project (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Friday, 13 November 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | In November a major new programme of community-driven archaeological survey
begins in Assynt, Sutherland. This ambitious project aims to greatly enhance
our knowledge of the sites and monuments of one of Scotland's most
spectacular areas of natural beauty.
Local group Historic Assynt have teamed with AOC Archaeology to undertake a
parish-wide survey, involving various techniques ranging from plane table to
differential GPS, total station and laser scanning. A comprehensive database
will be built using field PDAs and locations will be verified, updated and
corrected using GPS. The project aims to create a new connection to the past
inhabitants of Assynt through the formation of a high-quality archaeological
record.
Training is central to the ethos of the project, and the programme involves
a series of lectures, seminars and field training sessions for local
volunteers, aiming to enable amateur archaeologists in Sutherland to obtain
the skills necessary to undertake high quality archaeological field survey.
Follow the project progress online at http://www.aocarchaeology.com/assynt/index.html
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Assynt Hidden Lives Project Launch Seminar Weekend (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Friday, 13 November 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | Project Launch Seminar Weekend:
The launch weekend of the Assynt Hidden Lives Project will involve a series of lectures and discussion sessions designed to give everyone involved in the project a solid grounding in the field archaeology of northern Scotland. The lectures will aim to give an overview of the archaeological sites of the northern mainland, describing the field monuments from earliest prehistory to modern times. This introductory programme will give participants in the project a basis for understanding the sites and monuments that will be encountered during the survey work. This weekend will also introduce the rationale of archaeological field survey, and introduce the techniques that will be used over the course of the project.
The seminar programme will be as follows:
Saturday 21st November:
2pm: Introduction to the Hidden Lives Project
2.30 pm: The Earlier Prehistory of Northern Scotland, in Context
3.30pm: The Later Prehistory of Northern Scotland, In Context
Sunday 22nd November:
2pm: Medieval and Later Rural Settlement in Northern Scotland
3pm: Introduction to Archaeological Field Survey and Mapping: aims and techniques
Venue: The Mission Building, Lochinver | [ Reply to This ]
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