Caithness Broch Project

Featuring surprisingly few posts about brochs (SC046307).

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HELLO.

Some of you might be new here. Where've you been all this time?

We're Caithness Broch Project, and we love brochs!

What are brochs, though? They're 40ft, multi-floored Iron Age towers, thought to be houses, found only in #Scotland.

AND WE WANT TO BUILD ONE!

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Ousdale Broch, by @kasmunro

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RIP Sir Patrick Stewart. Loved his work. Thought it would be appropriate to share a photo of Kirktofts Broch, seeing as it bears such a resemblance to Picard's beloved Millenium Falcon!

[Dr Murray Cook @murrayJamescoo1]

BREAKING NEWS: Rob Roy's Grave is a reused Pictish Period Cross! https://t.co/7EKTt1vctb

[Chris Aitken MM0WIC @skipperAitken]

The news is big, even worth carrying 5 cones up that hill big

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Big Broch news in the pipeline people! 📢

We say that a lot, but we mean it.

Stay tuned.

#BigBrochBuild

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A beautiful video, featuring wur very own Dawn Maclean. Please watch!

https://t.co/ilX7wsujUI

[Andrew Spratt @andrewsp2009]

Ousdale Broch, Caithness (Scotland) @TheBrochProject
image and mock-up suggestion from 2021. #ScottishBrochs #HistoryRebuilt

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We're sorry to hear about Dr. Rena Maguire, who has passed away. She followed us from really *really* early days on here. Our thoughts go out to her family.

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The United Socialist Democratic People's Confederation of Brochistan

[Magnus Davidson @DavidsonMagnus]

Where was my invite?

[Andrew Spratt @andrewsp2009]

Scrabster Castle beside #WW2 Pillbox,Caithness (Scotland) It's thought there might be a broch underlying this medieval structure, which is thought to date to at least the 14th C. It may have even featured in the #Orkneyinga Saga! @TheBrochProject info/image turned into a mock-up.

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👉 BROCH POINTING MASTERCLASS

👉 Thurs 17th September
👉 @TarbatDiscovery
👉 7.30pm

In this sermon CBPs Kenny will guide you through the basics of pointing at brochs and other mounds, elevating your broch fingering skills to another level.

#Caithness #Brochs

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WE'RE DOING OUR FIRST EVER TALK AT THE HIGHLAND ARCHAEOLOGY FESTIVAL CONFERENCE!
🎉🎉🥳🥳

What an honour.... FOR THEM!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahaha lololol

Looking forward to it - great line up on both days for sure!

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So, what did the ancient broch builders make of phenomenon such as solar eclipses?

HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW
DOES IT LOOK I HAVE A TIME MACHINE
GROW UP

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@Katahdin5270 @TheMousaBoat1 Wah - dunno why that happened. Heres the link!

https://t.co/F4ytF6SlcA

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A visit to Mousa Broch!

Our Chairman Pete took the @TheMousaBoat1 over to the iconic #Mousa Broch in Shetland - and what a sight it was to behold.

If you're looking to feel inspired by some broch-tastic archaeology, then read Pete's experience here:

https://t.co/ebYIP0lbsE

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haters will say it's AI

#Caithness

[Dr Murray Cook @murrayJamescoo1]

Office today a possible broch near Doune!

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

Surviving stairway from Ousdale Broch in Caithness. Dating to the Iron Age, the broch had been beautifully conserved by the Caithness Broch Project @TheBrochProject 📸 My own. #StairwellSaturday #OusdaleBroch #Prehistory #Caithness

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When is a broch not a broch?🤔🧐

A broch blog by young brochateer Evelynn Cook looking at the pratfalls of thinking you've seen a broch when in reality you are just CHASING THE DRAGON.

So, here's a few handy hints when you're out and about!

https://t.co/YF6lX3SIFH

#brochs

[Magnus Davidson @DavidsonMagnus]

Over a fifth of the local economy in the north Highlands, and around one in four jobs, are supported by the nuclear industry in Caithness and north Sutherland.

The only industry in the last 165 years to reverse post-clearance north Highland population decline.