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<< Our Photo Pages >> Knowe of Dishero - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Monday, 22 November 2010  Page Views: 3651

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Knowe of Dishero Alternative Name: Knowe of Disheroo, Knowe of Discrow
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.554 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Stromness  Nearest Village: Evie
Map Ref: HY42561998
Latitude: 59.062900N  Longitude: 3.003348W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
2 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
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Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : broch tower to field level with posts as scale (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Orkney

At the south end of the Gorseness road is the sign for the Rendall Doocot. Follow the signs to this and the Knowe of Dishero 'mound enclosure' can be seen on the coast from the track that runs from the Hall of Rendall to the South Ettit graveyard [the slabs by a water trough are froman empty cist excavated in 1969]. The site has a new fence around it and no easy access evident. On the 1st 25" O.S. several slopes are shown. On it the site aligns NE/SW, with at the eastern side a rectilinear half (having a sub-rectangular pit [or perhaps stone] at right angles to the longer side half-way along), at the western side an arc of the same length, and at the northern side two arcs of almost similar sizes (the west one less curved) with a gap between them due north.

The RCAHMS NMRS record no. HY41NW 6 describes a broch tower of internal diameter nearly 30' having a 19'6" long section of inner wall-face visible on the west side to a height of some 4'6" with an opening of over 2'6" blocked up in modern times. Inside the east ditch it mentions faint traces of the outer broch wall. Coming from the end facing the 1738 kiryard I can make out one big broad stone about halfway up that looks to be in a depression I think lies just outside the broch tower. On the side facing the old manse is a broad ditch that seems quite deep and heads for the cliff-edge. It is from this direction that you can make out the various levels i.e. the ditch, the outer broch, and the broch tower [possibly a fourth can be made out]. From here through the clifftop undergrowth you can see what looks to be a mix betwen a sea-wall and a structure back against the cliff, age unknown
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Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : Broch mound seen from the shore looking southwards, almost all this side of the tower is gone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : Broch tower and ditch seen from the shore (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : The only stonework visible on the seaward side is in the northern side of the broch tower (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : Broch mound seen from the shore looking northwards (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : site from track above with broad ditch at left (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : site from track above

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : broch mound roughly W-E

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : broch levels from the north, ditch hidden across centre of image

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : main broch from track above

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : broch tower and south part of main broch

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : broch tower with a broad stone visible

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : outer broch northern profile between broch tower wall and ditch

Knowe of Dishero
Knowe of Dishero submitted by howar : cliff base wall/walling/structure

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