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<< Our Photo Pages >> Thrumster Little Broch - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Caithness

Submitted by cosmic on Sunday, 14 October 2007  Page Views: 4060

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Thrumster Little Broch
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Wick
Map Ref: ND33844583
Latitude: 58.395844N  Longitude: 3.133503W
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.
3 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.
4 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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Thrumster Little Broch
Thrumster Little Broch submitted by cosmic : Thrumster Little Broch (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Caithness

Remains of broch sitting in front of farmstead of the same name.
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Thrumster Little Broch
Thrumster Little Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Thrumster Little broch - view from the south (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Thrumster Little Broch
Thrumster Little Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Surviving remains of the masonry (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Thrumster Little Broch
Thrumster Little Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of the wall in eastern part of the broch (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Thrumster Little Broch
Thrumster Little Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Mound of debris marking place of Thrumster Little broch (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ND3345 : Thrumster Little Broch by Ewen Rennie
by Ewen Rennie
©2008(licence)
ND3445 : View to Loch Hempriggs by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
©2023(licence)
ND3445 : Farmland west of the A99 by David Dixon
by David Dixon
©2021(licence)
ND3445 : A99 north of Thrumster by David Dixon
by David Dixon
©2021(licence)
ND3345 : A99 at Thrumster by David Dixon
by David Dixon
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Re: Thrumster Little Broch by coldrum on Saturday, 03 April 2010
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