<< Text Pages >> Durcha - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Sutherland
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Durcha Alternative Name: Dun CorCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Sutherland Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Creich
Map Ref: NC50170239
Latitude: 57.985425N Longitude: 4.535737W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Broch in Sutherland
Remains of a broch preserved as a mound. The site has been excavated in 1992 and 1996, remains of a wall standing up to 2,1 m of height were discovered. The only Iron Age artefact which has been discovered was part of a bracelet.
MacKie E.W. 2007. The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700 BC – AD 500. Part 2 (I). Oxford: Archaeopress
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