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<< Text Pages >> Clerkhill - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Friday, 19 August 2011  Page Views: 3643

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Clerkhill Alternative Name: Farr
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: NC71756338
Latitude: 58.539552N  Longitude: 4.20484W
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.
no data 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.
no data 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
5

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Broch in Highlands

Possible broch preserved as a mound with remains of an outer wall in it’s western part.
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NC7163 : Farr by Phil Williams
by Phil Williams
©2006(licence)
NC7263 : The lane through Farr by Phil Williams
by Phil Williams
©2006(licence)
NC7263 : Fields at Farr by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2017(licence)
NC7162 : Old croft-house at Clerkhill - renovation by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2017(licence)
NC7162 : Old croft-house at Clerkhill by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2013(licence)

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 977m SSW 198° Farr Stone* Class II Pictish Symbol Stone (NC7141662460)
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 1.5km ESE 117° Fiscary A (Farr)* Chambered Cairn (NC7310262629)
 1.6km ESE 118° Fiscary B (Farr)* Chambered Cairn (NC7311262604)
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 3.6km SW 235° Dun Riaskidh* Chambered Cairn (NC68766140)
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 5.9km S 171° Allt a' Chaisteil* Stone Circle (NC72515756)
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 7.0km S 175° Skelpick Chambered Cairn 2 Chambered Cairn (NC72175635)
 7.3km SW 229° Borgie Stone Rows* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NC66135874)
 7.4km S 172° Skelpick Chambered Cairn 3 Chambered Cairn (NC72495605)
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