Yarrows
The Broch and the Passage Tombs of Yarrows be at Thrumster in Caithness in the Scottish Highlands . The Broch is west of the village and the Loch of Yarrows on boggy terrain. The level of the lake is higher today than it was about 2000 years ago when the Broch was built. The surrounding ditch was probably already filled with water at that time.
The Broch
The Broch within the port, on the right side an unusually long, so-called guard cells ( English guard-cell ). On the opposite side, a staircase led to the no longer existing upper level. In the interior there is an off-center access (to the west) to the only T-shaped intramural double cell, the right half of which is constricted to expand heart-shaped at the end. On the east side there is a second (later?) Entrance without any fixtures.
The basement
Between the broch and the ditch stood stone pillars that support the roof of a basement , the entrance to which is in the center of the broch. Further structures can be seen in the area. Excavations took place in the middle of the 19th century. The Broch was probably built in the first half of the 1st millennium AD.
Heel-shaped cairns
There are two long hills uphill , which were also excavated in the middle of the 19th century. The 73 m long southern hill is better preserved. One of its narrow sides is concave ( Horned Cairn ), the chamber is on the wider east end. The northern hill is built similarly.
The lake is accessed by an archaeological trail that also leads to a number of other monuments ( beehive huts , five barrows , a hill fort , menhirs and rows of stones ).
The Brounaban Broch is to the east, between the Loch of Yarrows and the A99 (road) at Borrowston.
See also
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie : Scotland. To Oxford Archaeological Guide (= Oxford archaeological guides. ). Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1998, ISBN 0-19-288002-0 .
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Coordinates: 58 ° 22 '27.9 " N , 3 ° 11' 3.3" W.