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<< Text Pages >> Dunbrae Broch - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Caithness

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Thursday, 11 November 2010  Page Views: 3228

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dunbrae Broch Alternative Name: Ballentink 2
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Wick  Nearest Village: Dunbeath
Map Ref: ND15323098
Latitude: 58.259320N  Longitude: 3.44477W
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 Caithness.

Remains of a broch which currently appears as a grassy mound with little remains of stone walls. The mound is 20 metres in diameter and just over 1.5 metres high and is located west from the Rhemullen bridge.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ND1530 : View west at Ballach by Les Harvey
by Les Harvey
©2007(licence)
ND1531 : Derelict croft house by Les Harvey
by Les Harvey
©2007(licence)
ND1530 : Road northwest at Ballach by Les Harvey
by Les Harvey
©2007(licence)
ND1530 : Road near Ballachly by Steven Brown
by Steven Brown
©2010(licence)
ND1530 : Inner Wall of Dunbeath Broch by Ewen Rennie
by Ewen Rennie
©2008(licence)

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 440m NW 326° Bridge of Rhemullen Broch or Nuraghe (ND15083135)
 606m SSE 162° Dunbeath* Broch or Nuraghe (ND155304)
 778m SSE 150° Ballachly Carved Stones* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (ND157303)
 1.3km NNE 31° Achnagoul* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND16023207)
 1.7km NW 308° Cairn Liath* Chambered Cairn (ND14033205)
 1.7km WSW 252° Achorn Broch or Nuraghe (ND13693050)
 1.7km NW 309° Loedebest* Chambered Cairn (ND14003209)
 1.7km NNE 22° Achnagoul circle Stone Circle (ND16013256)
 2.3km E 87° Knockinnon* Broch or Nuraghe (ND17643105)
 2.3km WNW 303° Loedebest West* Chambered Cairn (ND13383229)
 2.8km NE 55° Latheronwheel Mains Broch or Nuraghe (ND17623251)
 3.1km NW 313° Cnoc Na Maranaich* Chambered Cairn (ND131331)
 3.2km ENE 76° Latheronwheel Chambered Cairn Chambered Cairn (ND18443168)
 3.3km N 4° Houstry* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND156343)
 3.5km WSW 258° Bad Nan Glac Ancient Village or Settlement (ND119303)
 3.7km NE 40° Smerral Broch or Nuraghe (ND17803379)
 4.0km NE 55° Latheronwheel Stone Circle (ND186332)
 4.2km N 358° Tiantulloch* Broch or Nuraghe (ND15243522)
 4.4km SW 235° Burg Ruadh Broch or Nuraghe (ND11602852)
 4.8km SW 215° Upper Borgue Broch Broch or Nuraghe (ND12432708)
 5.0km NNE 33° Guidebest* Stone Circle (ND181351)
 5.1km SSW 211° Upper Borgue Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND12632665)
 5.2km ENE 61° Latheron 2* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (ND19903343)
 5.2km SSW 207° The Two Dogs* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND1281026389)
 5.4km ENE 58° Latheron Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND19923374)
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