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<< Text Pages >> Skelbo Wood - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Sutherland

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 27 March 2011  Page Views: 5250

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Skelbo Wood
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.344 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Sutherland Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Dornoch
Map Ref: NH78209443
Latitude: 57.922540N  Longitude: 4.057962W
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.
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 Sutherland

Remains of a broch with slight traces of walls.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NH7894 : Within the Broch (remains of) by Julian Paren
by Julian Paren
©2014(licence)
NH7894 : Skelbo Broch by Richard Sutcliffe
by Richard Sutcliffe
©2018(licence)
NH7894 : The view from the broch by Richard Sutcliffe
by Richard Sutcliffe
©2018(licence)
NH7894 : Skelbo Broch by Richard Sutcliffe
by Richard Sutcliffe
©2018(licence)
NH7894 : Path in Skelbo Woods by Dave Thompson
by Dave Thompson
©2022(licence)

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