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<< Our Photo Pages >> Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Sutherland

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch Alternative Name: Loch Naver, The Broch; Ach A' Chuil
Country: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: NC658381
Latitude: 58.310896N  Longitude: 4.292161W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
2 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
4

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Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch
Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch submitted by hamilton : Coill'Ach a' Chuil Broch, standing on its small promontory, as seen on approach from the east. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The remains of a broch, situated on a spit of land projecting into Loch Naver, having an outwork and a causeway on the landward side. The broch originally measured 52ft over a wall 12ft wide at the entrance on the SE. Walling is visible only for a short distance to the north of the entrance, but the stones appear to have been very large.

The north side of the entrance remains entire to a height of 2ft 9ins externally and contains the en trance to a guard chamber, which shows signs of excavation. The neck of the spit has been marshy and is crossed by a causeway. A wall has run at a distance of 38ft from the broch isolating it on the landward side and apprently curving in towards it on eit her flank. RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

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Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch
Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch submitted by hamilton : Most of the remaining structural details of the broch are hidden by thick bracken. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch
Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch submitted by hamilton : These large boulders that border the broch immediately above the waterline suggest the possibility that it stands on an artificial platform. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch
Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch submitted by hamilton : Tumble of large walling blocks. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NC6638 : Head of Loch Naver by pete simpson
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NC6538 : Loch Naver seen from the B873 by Rob Purvis
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NC6538 : East end of Loch Naver by RH Dengate
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Re: Coill'Ach A' Chuil Broch by coldrum on Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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