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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Stairhaven Broch
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Glenluce Nearest Village: Milton
Map Ref: NX2090353351
Latitude: 54.842845N Longitude: 4.790692W
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

2 Ambience:

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

4 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.

4 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 21st Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3

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**Stairhaven Broch** submitted by SolarMegalith : A general view of Stairhaven broch (photo taken on September 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch in Dumfries and Galloway

There are only a handful of iron age brochs south of the Highland line, and three of them are in Wigtownshire - Ardwell Bay on the Mull of Galloway peninsula,Teroy near Cairnryan, and here at Stairhaven. They are all on or near the coast.

For more information see Canmore ID 62292 which includes a Publication Account from 2007 which commences this probable broch "stands on a rocky spur about 9.2m (30 ft) above the sea. Across the ridge, immediately in front of this structure, there appears to have been a ditch 4.3m (14 ft) wide. In 1911 there was little to be seen at the site but since then 'continuing excavation by local residents' [reported in 1977] has exposed a number of architectural features. The site is extremely difficult to reach now, particularly along the shore which is crossed by rocky ridges; the approach from above involves a steep climb down."
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