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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kilearnan Hill - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Sutherland

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Saturday, 12 March 2011  Page Views: 3834

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kilearnan Hill
Country: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Broch or Nuraghe
 Nearest Village: Kildonan
Map Ref: NC92931882
Latitude: 58.145278N  Longitude: 3.820535W
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
1 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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Kilearnan Hill submitted by h_fenton : The low curved bank in the left foreground is all that remains of Kilearnan Hill broch, the bank is just formed of small stones and may not represent any original part of the broch. 8 May 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Sutherland

Site of almost completely destroyed broch.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NC9218 : Strath of Kildonan, Sutherland by Andrew Tryon
by Andrew Tryon
©2014(licence)
NC9218 : Kilearnan by Peter Moore
by Peter Moore
©2015(licence)
NC9318 : North Highland Line near Kilearnan by Peter Moore
by Peter Moore
©2015(licence)
NC9219 : A view over Strath Ullie ( Strath of Kildonan) by John Lucas
by John Lucas
©2017(licence)
NC9319 : Near Kilearnan by sylvia duckworth
by sylvia duckworth
©2010(licence)

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 769m W 272° Kilearnan Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (NC92161887)
 1.6km E 83° Balvalaich* Broch or Nuraghe (NC94521898)
 2.0km ESE 105° Gailiable Broch or Nuraghe (NC94871823)
 2.6km E 94° Kildonan SW* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NC9550918564)
 3.6km E 86° Kildonan NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NC96541898)
 3.9km SSE 162° Clach Mhic Mhios* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NC9404515083)
 5.4km E 95° Eldrable Broch or Nuraghe (NC98331816)
 5.9km NW 320° Learable Hill Row 4* Stone Row / Alignment (NC8927423466)
 5.9km NW 321° Learable Hill Row 3* Stone Row / Alignment (NC8928123496)
 5.9km NW 320° Learable Hill Cross Incised Stone* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (NC8925723493)
 6.0km NW 321° Learable Hill* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NC8925123550)
 6.0km NW 320° Learable Hill Row 2* Stone Row / Alignment (NC8920523530)
 6.0km NW 320° Learable Hill Row 1* Stone Row / Alignment (NC8920923546)
 6.0km NW 320° Learable Hill S* Stone Circle (NC89162351)
 6.1km S 172° Glen Loth* Standing Stones (NC936127)
 6.3km NW 325° Learable Hill N* Stone Circle (NC895241)
 6.5km E 88° Kilphedir* Broch or Nuraghe (NC99431891)
 6.7km SSE 168° Carn Bran* Broch or Nuraghe (NC94201219)
 6.9km NNW 332° Carn Nam Buth* Broch or Nuraghe (NC89892498)
 7.3km NNW 328° Suisgill Souterrian* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (NC89172511)
 7.7km NW 326° Suisgill Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (NC88752530)
 8.1km E 94° Caen Burn 2 Broch or Nuraghe (ND0118)
 8.7km E 98° Caen Burn 1 Broch or Nuraghe (ND015174)
 9.3km SE 129° Portgower Broch or Nuraghe (ND00081279)
 9.9km ESE 119° Dun Phail Broch or Nuraghe (ND01481387)
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