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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tulach Mor - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Caithness

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 05 December 2010  Page Views: 3117

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tulach Mor
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Halkirk  Nearest Village: Tormsdale
Map Ref: ND14854940
Latitude: 58.424611N  Longitude: 3.459583W
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
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Tulach Mor
Tulach Mor submitted by hamilton : To the north of Tulach Mor, remnants of walling blocks peek through. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Caithness

Remains of a broch with visible traces of walls and internal chamber. Diameter of the mound is 19 m.
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Tulach Mor
Tulach Mor submitted by hamilton : Guide to accessing Tulach Mor ================== The turbines at the Causeymire windfarm are shown as white markers, marker 'P' is the car park at the entrance, the lower marker 'B' is Tulach Mor and the upper one Tulach Beag. Leave the path at the large white marker and head due west to the River Thurso, where you will see the broch. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tulach Mor
Tulach Mor submitted by hamilton : A flash photograph reveals this neat structure to the wall cavity at Tulach Mor. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tulach Mor
Tulach Mor submitted by hamilton : Near the top of the western internal wall of the broch is this cavity, surmounted by a lintel. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tulach Mor
Tulach Mor submitted by hamilton : On the south and southwest of the broch stand the only remaining walling courses. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tulach Mor
Tulach Mor submitted by hamilton : From the north, Tulach Mor is just a grassy mound on the east bank of the River Thurso.

Tulach Mor
Tulach Mor submitted by hamilton : Tulach Mor is the southernmost of the Westerdale brochs in Caithness, and stands adjacent to the River Thurso in the Causeymire Windfarm near Achkeepster. Unusually, perhaps, walkers are actively welcomed to explore the area of this windfarm. Access is via a good access road to the windfarm, to the west of the A9 and about 1½ kilometres south of Mybster. Be aware that the much more expansive...

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 340m N 355° Tormsdale Stone Rows* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ND14834974)
 476m NW 326° Tulach Beag* Broch or Nuraghe (ND14594980)
 2.2km NW 315° Cairn Na Mairg* Broch or Nuraghe (ND13315103)
 2.7km WSW 251° Dirlot (North)* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ND1228048560)
 2.8km E 92° Halsary Standing Stone Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND17644923)
 2.8km WSW 248° Dirlot (South)* Stone Row / Alignment (ND1220748411)
 2.9km E 84° Halsary Standing Stone North Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND1774149665)
 2.9km NE 41° Achkeepster Broch or Nuraghe (ND16805158)
 3.1km NW 322° Tulach Buaile A' Chroic* Broch or Nuraghe (ND12995186)
 3.3km NW 321° Tulach Lochain Braiseal Broch or Nuraghe (ND12825203)
 3.3km NW 322° Tulach An Fhuarain Broch or Nuraghe (ND12875208)
 4.8km NE 34° Knockglass Broch Broch or Nuraghe (ND17615329)
 5.2km NNE 24° Spittal Quarry* Modern Stone Circle etc (ND171541)
 5.3km SSE 147° Rangag* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND17684488)
 5.5km SE 139° Rangag East* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND18384512)
 5.7km NNE 27° Spittal Farm Broch or Nuraghe (ND17565438)
 5.8km N 356° Achanarras Hill* Stone Circle (ND14545525)
 6.1km NNW 342° Achies West* Broch or Nuraghe (ND13055522)
 6.3km N 351° Achies East* Broch or Nuraghe (ND14005565)
 6.8km NW 319° Achingoul Broch or Nuraghe (ND10475463)
 7.0km SE 136° Ballachly Broch Broch or Nuraghe (ND19564423)
 7.8km ENE 72° Acharole* Stone Circle (ND22335166)
 8.3km ENE 73° Bail of A' Chairn* Broch or Nuraghe (ND22815171)
 8.3km SSE 157° Greystell Castle* Broch or Nuraghe (ND17954167)
 8.6km SSE 151° Achavanich* Stone Circle (ND1878841772)
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