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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kyle of Durness Wheelhouse Alternative Name: Tigh na Fiarnan, Tigh na FiarnainCountry: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Durness Nearest Village: Laid
Map Ref: NC4048761009 Landranger Map Number: 9
Latitude: 58.507947N Longitude: 4.73959W
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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A beautifully located wheelhouse in the hills above Laid, near Durness, Sutherland. Not easily accessible as it is high in the hills.
It's well worth the uphill slog to get to this place. Follow the stream uphill which tumbles down to the road in a set of stepped waterfalls (think it's next to Laid postbox). Eventually you come to a small rocky valley on your right as the hill levels out a little, climb up the left-hand bank to an outcrop, n' there it is below you!
Canmore ref: https://canmore.org.uk/site/4972/meall-meadhonach-loch-eriboll
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