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<< Text Pages >> Burrowstone - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Orkney

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Burrowstone
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: ND333898
Latitude: 58.790575N  Longitude: 3.15569W
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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Broch in Orkney

An amorphous stony area interpreted as remains of a broch.

MacKie E.W. 2002. The roundhouses, brochs and wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700BC - AD500: architecture and material culture. Part 1 - The Orkney and Shetland Isles. British Archaeological Reports.
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