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A Guide to Stone Circles (New Edition), Aubrey Burl

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<< Text Pages >> Links of Dunnet - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Caithness

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Links of Dunnet
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
 Nearest Village: Dunnet
Map Ref: ND222696
Latitude: 58.607350N  Longitude: 3.340685W
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 preserved as a mound of 15 m diameter nad 2 m height. Excavations revealed traces of broch's internal chamber.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ND2269 : The edge of Dunnet Forest by David Purchase
by David Purchase
©2015(licence)
ND2269 : Dunnet Forest by JThomas
by JThomas
©2016(licence)
ND2269 : Ancient boundary at Dunnet Forest by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2018(licence)
ND2269 : Burn near Dunnet Forest by JThomas
by JThomas
©2016(licence)
ND2269 : A836 towards John o' Groats  by JThomas
by JThomas
©2016(licence)

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 2.7km SSW 211° Thurdistoft Broch or Nuraghe (ND20786731)
 3.0km WSW 252° Castlehill Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (ND19366876)
 3.5km W 259° Craig of Hattel Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (ND18776901)
 3.7km SE 132° Ha' of Greenland Broch or Nuraghe (ND24906709)
 4.1km E 87° Earl's Cairn* Chambered Cairn (ND26296973)
 5.0km W 261° East Murkle Cairn (ND17216891)
 5.3km NE 34° Rattarburn Broch or Nuraghe (ND25257389)
 5.7km NE 36° Scarfskerry Broch or Nuraghe (ND25647420)
 6.0km W 272° West Murkle Cairn (ND16206990)
 6.2km SSE 162° Ha' of Bowermadden* Broch or Nuraghe (ND23986369)
 6.6km SSW 203° Ha' of Durran* Broch or Nuraghe (ND19516359)
 6.6km WSW 238° Cairn of Sibmister* Broch or Nuraghe (ND16516622)
 7.4km SSE 154° Murza Broch or Nuraghe (ND25386290)
 7.6km NE 56° Cairn O'Mey Cairn (ND28657374)
 7.8km S 175° Mains of Bowertower Broch or Nuraghe (ND22796179)
 7.9km S 179° The Stone Lud* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND222617)
 7.9km WSW 237° Youkil Hillock* Chambered Cairn (ND15416545)
 8.6km SSE 168° Halcro Manse* Broch or Nuraghe (ND23896119)
 8.8km SW 235° Cairnfield (Weydale)* Cairn (ND14876472)
 9.5km SE 142° Gunn's Hillock* Broch or Nuraghe (ND27926201)
 9.8km SW 222° Cnoc an Tailler Cairn (ND1545462477)
 9.8km SE 135° Hill of Works* Broch or Nuraghe (ND29036255)
 10.0km SW 219° Cnoc na Ciste Chambered Cairn (ND1572161989)
 10.2km SSW 209° Mill of Knockdee* Chambered Cairn (ND17036077)
 10.4km WSW 239° Tulloch of Shalmstry* Broch or Nuraghe (ND13166443)
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