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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ha' of Durran
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Wick  Nearest Village: Durran
Map Ref: ND19516359
Latitude: 58.552899N  Longitude: 3.384832W
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 Caithness

Remains of a broch preserved as a grassy mound of 36 x 28 m dimensions. No traces of the walls are visible.
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ND1963 : A small burn flows through Durran by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
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ND1963 : OS Rivet Benchmark at Durran by David Bremner
by David Bremner
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ND1963 : Horses by Dorcas Sinclair
by Dorcas Sinclair
©2005(licence)
ND1963 : Ha' of Durran by david glass
by david glass
©2007(licence)
ND1962 : Strange farm object by Durran Mains by Peter Moore
by Peter Moore
©2013(licence)

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