<< Text Pages >> Achcoillenaborgie - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Sutherland
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: AchcoillenaborgieCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Sutherland Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Thurso Nearest Village: Bettyhill
Map Ref: NC71395942
Latitude: 58.503907N Longitude: 4.208783W
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 |
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Broch in Sutherland
Achcoillenaborgie broch is a dilapidated structure perched on the top of a low, bracken-covered mound immediately east of the road from Bettyhill to Skelpick. It is probable that most of the stonework was dismantled in historical times to construct local settlements. What remains has degenerated into little more than a tumble of fallen masonry, which conceals any remaining internal structure, and the only feature of note remaining is on the outer western wall where ground level footings can still be seen. Adjacent to the broch, on its southwest, is a near-circular rubble-walled enclosure of uncertain period.
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