Lanndale Broch is an
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
broch
A broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s. Their origin is a matter of some controversy.
Origin ...
in
Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
,
Scotland
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.
Location
The broch is located next to Langdale Burn, a quarter mile from the
River Naver
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. It stands on a steep, conical, rock knoll with a more shallow slope on the upstream side.
Access is described as "simple and easy going. There is a wooden stile by the road, and from there walking is easy all the way to the broch. From the stile, follow the stone wall around the farm, then cut across to the left hand side of the gate and follow the track to the broch."
Description
There is an entrance on the west, facing upstream. The entrance is about 4.58 m (15 ft) long and 91 cm (3 ft) wide at the outer end. This broch may have had two doors in its entrance passage. The broch is full of debris so that the inner and outer wallfaces are mostly obscured.
The interior is roughly 9.15 m (30 ft) around and the walls are 4.58 m (15 ft) thick at the entrance and 4.88-5.19 m (16–17 ft) on the south side. The external diameter is about 18.91 m (62 ft).
There is a strong suspicion that the mound on which the broch sits is artificial and may even be the remains of a chambered cairn.
References
External links
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* ''Scotland's Brochs''
Langdale Broch
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Brochs
Scheduled monuments in Scotland
Chambered cairns in Scotland