sbourne, 16 days ago to Lichen

We visited the Dun Beag broch, an iron age roundhouse fort. Imagine having dry stonewall skills so good that your works still persist thousands of years later!

#DryStoneWall #broch #lichen #lichensubscribe #Skye #roadtrip

Detail of the broch wall, painted in white and orange lichens, and showing how the large blocks of stone fit tightly together despite their irregular shapes, with the gaps chinked with smaller bits of stone.

UndisScot, 24 days ago to Scotland

An unusual example of a lowland broch. The elusive Tappoch (or Torwood) Broch is located near Denny in central Scotland, concealed within a dense (though now partly cleared) forest. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/denny/tappochbroch/index.html

#Scotland #TorwoodBroch #TappochBroch #Broch #Denny #Falkirk #UndiscoveredScotland

monissa, 1 month ago to random

Broch of Gurness, on the northern part of the main island of Orkney. Iron Age of course. The central tower was about three times its current height. It surrounded by a small village that was built later (possibly after the broch collapsed or been shortened).

It's forty minutes walk from the nearest bus stop. (I get on the bus and ask for a ticket to Evie? You're going to the broch, asks the bus driver. The second stop is closer and less traffic, he says. He'll drop me at the second stop.) But it doesn't feel like forty minutes and way worth it.

#Orkney #StoneWalls #Broch #IronAge

Wen, 2 months ago to random

Afternoon walk

Taking advantage of the weather and a trip to one of the three remaining Brochs in The Borders, Bow Castle Broch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Castle_Broch

A very enjoyable walk through the woods to the Broch and then back past the Wind Turbines.

#broch #stow #windTurbine #ScottishBorders

Photo looking down from the Broch under a dramatic sky
Photo the wind turbines above Stow

UndisScot, 2 months ago to Scotland

A view of Dun Telve Broch, south-east of Glenelg in Lochalsh. Over 18m in diameter and standing in part to over 10m in height, it is one of Scotland's best preserved brochs and one of a pair that are located within sight of one another. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenelg/duntelve/index.html

#Scotland #DunTelveBroch #Broch #Glenelg #Lochalsh #UndiscoveredScotland

UndisScot, 4 months ago to Scotland

Dun Dornaigil Broch, reached from the north coast of Sutherland by a narrow single-track road that passes Loch Hope and Ben Hope. It is one of the more enigmatic brochs in Scotland as it has never been excavated. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/durness/dundornaigil/index.html

#Scotland #DunDornaigil #Broch #Sutherland #UndiscoveredScotland

Forest_Jungle_Collective, 4 months ago to random

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This was a major goal: see Mousa Broch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
a living miracle that a ~2000 y/o tower in the British Isles is still standing basically intact
A long way to go but worth every second

#AncientSiteSunday
#Broch

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UndisScot, 5 months ago to Scotland

Inside Mousa Broch on the now uninhabited island of Mousa in Shetland. Mousa Broch rises to 13m high and is both magnificent and awe inspiring. It is also by some margin the best preserved of Scotland's 500 or so brochs. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mousa/mousabroch/index.html

#Scotland #Shetland #Mousa #MousaBroch #Broch #Brochs #UndiscoveredScotland

UndisScot, 7 months ago to Scotland

The Broch of Gurness, the wonderfully evocative remains of an Iron Age broch and village overlooking Eynhallow Sound on Orkney's West Mainland. It was built as a planned settlement some time before 200BC. The site was excavated in 1929. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westmainland/brochofgurness/index.html

#Scotland #BrochOfGurness #Broch #Orkney #UndiscoveredScotland

Forest_Jungle_Collective, 9 months ago to Scotland

#BrochThursday with a couple from the Northern Tip of #Skye - beginning with Dun Borrafiach, the outer hebrides just visible on the horizon

#Broch #Scotland #IronAge

Forest_Jungle_Collective, 9 months ago to random

#BrochThursday with the incredible Broch of Gurness, Orkney & all the structures around it

#Broch #Orkney #IronAge

catmcintyre, 10 months ago to Scotland

I see that #BrochThursday is a thing now, so here's the Broch of Borwick on #Orkney Mainland, #Scotland
#Broch #IronAge

UndisScot, 10 months ago to Scotland

The remains of Carn Liath broch stand on a terrace between the shore and the A9, north-east of Golspie in Sutherland. It has walls that are up to 12ft high and comes complete with a well-preserved entrance passage and internal stairway. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/golspie/carnliath/index.html

#Scotland #CarnLiath #Broch #Golspie #Sutherland #UndiscoveredScotland

Forest_Jungle_Collective, 10 months ago to Scotland

#BrochThursday with the Midhowe Broch, on the edge of Rousay, Orkney
the seas encroaching right to the edge of the site

#Broch #Scotland #IronAge

UndisScot, 1 year ago to random

An unusual example of a lowland broch. The elusive Tappoch (or Torwood) Broch is located near Denny in central Scotland, concealed within a dense (though now partly cleared) forest. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/denny/tappochbroch/index.html

#Scotland #TorwoodBroch #TappochBroch #Broch #Denny #Falkirk #UndiscoveredScotland