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Knock Farril Vitrified Fort in Highlands at NH505585
Posted by Spindrift on Saturday, 20 August 2011
Condition: 3 , Ambience: 4 , Access: 3 , Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic) 7 News and Comments


Eilean An Dùin Vitrified Fort in Argyll at NM7929407959
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Torr Chorcain Vitrified Fort in Sutherland at NC412009
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Romeinse Muur, Tongeren Vitrified Fort
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Spruce Hill Vitrified Fort in Great Lakes Midwest
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Dun Mac Sniachan Vitrified Fort in Argyll at NM902381
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Dun Deardail Vitrified Fort in Highlands at NN127701
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Finavon Vitrified Fort in Angus at NO506556
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Craig Phadraig Vitrified Fort in Highlands at NH640452
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Condition: 3 , Ambience: 4 , Access: 4 , Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic) 10 News and Comments


Cronk Sumark Vitrified Fort in Isle of Man at SC392941
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The Henge Monuments: Ceremony and Society in Prehistoric Britain
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Ancient Cross 347 74%
Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry 158 45%
Ancient Palace 39 79%
Ancient Temple 636 69%
Ancient Trackway 97 58%
Ancient Village or Settlement 2426 41%
Artificial Mound 567 30%
Barrow Cemetery 929 53%
Broch or Nuraghe 861 38%
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) 5635 35%
Cairn 1001 55%
Cairn (Clava) 7 85%
Carving 131 93%
Castro 531 4%
Causewayed Enclosure 66 31%
Cave or Rock Shelter 919 28%
Chambered Cairn 474 66%
Chambered Tomb 1573 60%
Cist 224 25%
Class I / Class II Hybrid Pictish Symbol Stone 4 100%
Class I Pictish Symbol Stone 121 61%
Class II Pictish Symbol Stone 28 67%
Class III Pictish Cross Slab 26 53%
Court Tomb 50 52%
Crannog 53 50%
Cursus 313 2%
Early Christian Sculptured Stone 176 53%
Henge 149 49%
Hill Figure 34 58%
Hillfort 1420 56%
Holed Stone 23 78%
Holy Well or Sacred Spring 1235 66%
Long Barrow 1519 37%
Marker Stone 72 48%
Misc. Earthwork 356 40%
Modern Stone Circle / Monolith 277 85%
Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue 151 66%
Museum 619 48%
Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature 503 65%
Not Known (by us) 84 40%
Passage Grave 1097 48%
Polissoir 99 31%
Portal Tomb 50 86%
Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle 114 51%
Pyramid / Mastaba 184 29%
Ring Cairn 158 44%
Rock Art 1541 53%
Rock Cut Tomb 188 65%
Rock Outcrop 40 80%
Round Barrow(s) 2494 49%
Round Cairn 112 52%
Sculptured Stone 382 61%
Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) 61 57%
Standing Stone (Menhir) 3532 58%
Standing Stones 820 62%
Stone Circle 2097 51%
Stone Fort or Dun 253 40%
Stone Row / Alignment 607 47%
Timber Circle 88 28%
Turf Maze 20 70%
Vitrified Fort 10 70%
Wedge Tomb 74 83%

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