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Leckie 2
Date Added: 26th Jun 2017
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Stirling)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Leckie 2 submitted by SolarMegalith on 26th Jun 2017. Cup-marks and cup-and-ring marks with angular rings on Leckie 2 panel (photo taken on May 2017).
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Wester Craigend Dun
Date Added: 27th Jun 2017
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Stirling)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wester Craigend Dun submitted by cosmic on 24th Sep 2005. Ditch cut in ridge.
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King's Park Cup and Rings
Date Added: 27th Jun 2017
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Stirling)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
King's Park Cup and Rings submitted by SolarMegalith on 27th Jun 2017. Cup-and-ring mark on King's Park panel seen in the artificial lighting (photo taken on May 2017).
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Castlehill Dun
Date Added: 28th Jun 2017
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Stirling)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Castlehill Dun submitted by cosmic on 24th Sep 2005. It's up there, I think!
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Wallstale Dun
Date Added: 28th Jun 2017
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Stirling)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Wallstale Dun submitted by cosmic on 24th Sep 2005. Wall remains with further wall going off in an easterly direction.
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Buchlyvie Broch
Date Added: 4th Nov 2017
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Stirling)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Buchlyvie Broch submitted by cosmic on 14th Jan 2006. Buchlyvie viewed from the East.
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Castlehill Wood Dun
Date Added: 21st Nov 2017
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Stirling)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Castlehill Wood Dun submitted by peigimccann on 19th Aug 2017. Castlehill Wood Dun
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Kirkton Fort
Date Added: 23rd Aug 2018
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (South Lanarkshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Kirkton Fort and Settlement submitted by ginger-tt on 8th Nov 2009. Kirkton Fort and Settlement
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Lund Stone
Date Added: 14th Apr 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Lund Stone submitted by Paulcroft on 1st May 2003. This is Burragarth Standing Stone on the Island of Unst, which I believe is Britain's most northerly (though there are burial cairns further north)
The Grid reference is HP579034.
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Balta Isle Broch
Date Added: 14th Apr 2011
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Pund's Water
Date Added: 25th May 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Pund's Water submitted by PAB on 21st Oct 2006. Pund's Water, looking into the east-facing opening.
The sheep have clearly contributed significantly to spreading the stones around, so the original curve in the façade has been lost.
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Sae Breck
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sae Breck submitted by SolarMegalith on 29th Jun 2015. Sae Breck broch - view from the east (photo taken on June 2015).
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Loch of Breckon Burnt Mound
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Loch of Breckon Burnt Mound submitted by SolarMegalith on 29th Jun 2015. Burnt mound at Loch of Breckon - view from the north (photo taken on June 2015).
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Mousa Broch
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Mousa Broch submitted by h_fenton on 18th Dec 2010. Mousa Broch, Photographed August 1967.
U. Fenton
Uploaded with my mothers permission
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Ness of Burgi
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Ness of Burgi submitted by PAB on 22nd Oct 2006. The Fort on the Ness of Burgi, looking west from the coastline. This Fort faces across the bay to Jarsloff and the ramparts of Tonga Fort.
The Royal Commission for Ancient & Historical Monuments in Scotland (RCAHMS) describes the Fort as: "A gatehouse fort, probably datable to about 100 BC, isolated by a rampart, with a ditch on either side, cutting across the neck of the peninsula on which it stands."
It notes that the site was excavated in 1935, and again in 1983 when 'a single cutt...
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Levenwick Broch
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Levenwick Broch submitted by SolarMegalith on 2nd Jul 2015. Interior of Levenwick broch - view from the north (photo taken on June 2015).
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Broch of Dalsetter
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Broch of Dalsetter submitted by h_fenton on 24th Oct 2014. Vertical image of 3dimensional model of the Broch of Dalsetter, artificial lighting helps to show detail of the earthworks.
3d model was produced (using Agisoft Photoscan and Meshlab) from a lot of Kite Aerial Photographs
17 September 2014
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Tonga Fort, Scatness
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Tonga Fort, Scatness submitted by PAB on 22nd Oct 2006. Ramparts of the fort known as Tonga Fort, Scatness, looking south towards the Ness of Burgi.
Full description of the ramparts as examined by the RCAHMS is given on the main Tonga Fort site.
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Clumlie Broch
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Clumlie Broch submitted by howe on 10th Apr 2012. The interior of the broch.
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Loch of Houlland
Date Added: 29th Jun 2015
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab on 28th Oct 2006. The broch at the Loch of Houlland is one of about 120 around the coast of Shetland. It is very close to the lighthouse at Echaness, which must have some of the most spectacular sea scenery in the UK. It would be hard to improve on the description given in the very informative guide I used in Shetland (written by Peter Guy: Walking the Coastline of Shetland, ISBN:1904746179) - "The broch dominates a small promontory which juts out from the NW into the loch. It is an impressive ruin with walls on ...
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