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<< Text Pages >> Castle Spynie - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 27 March 2011  Page Views: 5849

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Spynie Alternative Name: Leanach
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Inverness
Map Ref: NH54144204
Latitude: 57.445166N  Longitude: 4.432048W
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 Highlands

Remains of a broch of 19 m diameter located on a broch on a rocky knoll. It has been also interpreted as a dun.

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NH5442 : Castle Spynie by Craig Wallace
by Craig Wallace
©2012(licence)
NH5342 : Frozen lochan by Craig Wallace
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NH5342 : End of the track, Belladrum Woods by Craig Wallace
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NH5342 : Snowy track, Belladrum Woods by Craig Wallace
by Craig Wallace
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NH5341 : Electric fence, Cnoc an Uird by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
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