A tourist visits Mousa Broch, the tallest known Iron Age broch and one of Europe's best-preserved prehistoric buildings Photo by Arterra / Universal Images Group via Getty Images In 2013, ...

A plan to recreate an Iron Age broch in Caithness has moved a step forward after the scheme was granted planning permission. Brochs - tall, double-walled drystone towers - have only ever been found in ...

During the Iron Age, the Cairns Broch—a tower-like stone building of monumental proportions—dominated the landscape of Windwick Bay, a rocky cove in the Scottish archipelago of Orkney. Equal parts ...

A project to reconstruct an Iron Age broch has released a new digital image of what the completed building is expected to look like. Brochs - tall, double-walled drystone towers - have only been found ...

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It is one of northern Scotland’s most iconic archaeological monuments that provides a unique insight into the nation’s Iron Age past having emerged after a 14 year series of community excavations.

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A crumbling Highland tower - or broch - that may have been home to a local Iron Age chief around 2,200 years ago is to be saved. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...