Exempel på broch

• It's quite a good path over the cliff there, and the island with the broch is worth a visit.

• There's quite a lot of the broch showing, too, almost the complete circle.

• I want to work on Eilean na Roin - that's Seal Island, where the broch is.

• I have been to see archaeological sites - Clickimmin Broch is one of the most remarkable in Britain.

• A similar pattern has also been observed in broch doorway orientation.

• The broch itself is visible from the mainland and may have served as a warning to potential invaders that the island was well protected.

• Various hypotheses have been suggested as to the function of these structures but before these are explored, it is necessary to define what exactly is meant by the term 'broch'.

• The construction of brochs, with their double-skinned drystone walls made it possible to build tall yet comparatively lightweight structures.

• Archaeologists since the 1960s have distinguished brochs from smaller structures of similar construction, usually called duns.

• They also constructed hillforts and a small number of crannogs and brochs.

• The ruin visible today reflects this secondary phase of the broch's use.

• The origin of brochs is a subject of continuing research.

• There are differences between the various areas in which brochs are found, with regard to position, dimensions and likely status.

• The largest constructions that date from this era are the circular brochs and duns and wheelhouses.

• Though there was much argument in the past, it is now generally accepted that brochs were roofed, probably with a conical timber framed roof covered with a locally sourced thatch.

• The broch has a wall 4.1 metres thick, enclosing an area 9.7 metres in diameter.

• The excavations showed that there had been two phases of occupation before the broch was built.

• The archaeologists who excavated it believes that it was a hollowed tower type broch with an internal wood structure.

• The broch consists of a drystone tower with a diameter of around 18.6 metres with walls about 4 metres thick at the base.