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<< Text Pages >> Green Hill of Hestigeo - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Orkney

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Green Hill of Hestigeo
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: ND33758905
Latitude: 58.783910N  Longitude: 3.147684W
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 Orkney

Remains of a broch preserved as a 4 m high mound with traces of walling at the west.

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