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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hurly Hawkins
Country: Scotland County: Angus Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Dundee
Map Ref: NO332328 Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.482548N Longitude: 3.086214W
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

no data Ambience:

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3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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no data Access:

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
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no data Accuracy:

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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**Hurly Hawkins** submitted by Nick : Finds from the broch dated it to the end of the first or beginning of the second century A.D. and included a possible patera-handle amongst other quantities of metalwork, and a bronze spiral finger-ring now in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh. Finds in the souterrain included pottery similar to that found at Ardestie and Carlungie (both in the Souterrain Index). 1st and 2nd centur... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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**Hurly Hawkins Broch** submitted by Nick : This broch is on private ground in the gardens of a house in the village of Liff, just outside Dundee. Permission MUST be sought from the owner to view. The broch is very difficult to discern initially, being heavily overgrown, but the general layout is visible. It forms part of what was described as a "multi-phase occupation site comprising a promontory fort, a palisaded enclosure, a broch an... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NO3332 : Site of Broch at Hurley Hawkin by Douglas Nelson — by Douglas Nelson
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NO3332 : Liff Burn by Douglas Nelson — by Douglas Nelson
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NO3332 : Liff Parish Church by James Allan — by James Allan
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NO3332 : Liff Church by Alex McGregor — by Alex McGregor
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NO3332 : Liff Parish Church by James Denham — by James Denham
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