<< Our Photo Pages >> Garrywhin Fort - Hillfort in Scotland in Caithness
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Garrywhin FortCountry: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wick Nearest Village: Ulbster
Map Ref: ND3125341377
Latitude: 58.355460N Longitude: 3.176416W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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SandyG visited on 9th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
h_fenton have visited here
The northern entrance is the most impressive, here the rampart widens to almost 6metres and the entrance passage is defined by three large stones (although there would probably originally been a forth). The stones range from 1.06-1.60metres high.
For further information see: Canmore ID 9034, which contains detailed notes, including a field visit from 1955 and a more recent report from 2004.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this site - see their entry for Garrywhin Fort, Ulbster, Caithness, which gives details for getting to the site together with a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.
Note: See also new aerial views of Garrywhin Multiple Stone Rows in the nearby sites list
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