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<< Our Photo Pages >> Howe of Hoxa - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Sunday, 28 March 2004  Page Views: 10770

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Howe of Hoxa
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: St.Margaret's Hope
Map Ref: ND425940  Landranger Map Number: 7
Latitude: 58.829616N  Longitude: 2.997635W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
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Howe of Hoxa
Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : broch Orkney ND425940 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Orkney

To paraphrase it's one of the ruins that Petrie buggered about a bit. It stands quite well behind Hoxa but this wall is his reconstruction. Would have been nice to go inside the wall but the interior was completely taken over by very tall nettles, so went further along the road got into a field and proceeded up the long ramp of a mound that approaches the broch from behind. From the 'hilltop' there you look directly into the structure and the radial slabs etc.

RCAHMS NMRS number ND49SW 1 reports indications of structures about it are rather later. If so why does the mound lead up to the broch instead of more generally about it ? I remember that Mine Howe is said to have been reached via one of the other mounds - perhaps it wasn't simply a case of this being the only dry route at the time.
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Howe of Hoxa
Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : broch entrance with guard cell Orkney ND425940 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Howe of Hoxa submitted by cosmic : Reconstructed? (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : broch interior showing radial slabs Orkney ND425940 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Howe of Hoxa
Little Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : farm and mound viewed from uphill, isolated stone appears to mark edge of origina moundl (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Howe of Hoxa
Little Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : looking across to the mound from the road

Little Howe of Hoxa
Little Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : looking down on the mound

Little Howe of Hoxa
Little Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : approaching the entrance

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Little Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : central structure

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Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : exterior feature wall

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Howe of Hoxa submitted by howar : exterior feature

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 69m WNW 291° Little Howe of Hoxa* Ancient Village or Settlement (ND4243694026)
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