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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Rumster Broch Alternative Name: Forse
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Village: Lybster
Map Ref: ND21253725
Latitude: 58.316720N Longitude: 3.345882W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

2 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

2 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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**Rumster Broch** submitted by cosmic : Rumster from South (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch in Caithness

Ruined broch which now appears as a grassy mound.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

ND2137 : Rumster Broch from North by Ewen Rennie — by Ewen Rennie
©2008(licence)

ND2137 : Rumster by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
©2010(licence)

ND2037 : Golsary Broch from NE by Ewen Rennie — by Ewen Rennie
©2008(licence)

ND2136 : Small loch near Lower Rumster Farm by John Ferguson — by John Ferguson
©2012(licence)

ND2136 : Farm track at Lower Rumster Farm by John Ferguson — by John Ferguson
©2012(licence)

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