walls and 13 metres high. still, after hundreds of years of archaeology, we re not entirely sure we have a modern perception of what buildings are the most complete. broch still standing is mousa. mousa broch is the most intact broch that we have. it does, of course, have a secondary structure from a later occupation phase built inside it. but we do have a good sense of what a broch may have been in its completed form. dry stone towers of that size, and you especially see it with mousa, it s a difficult endeavour to begin with to build one. the fact that they have lasted as long as they have, the fact that they go through several phases of occupation spanning somewhere around 1,000 years is attractive to a heritage tourist. the caithness broch project is an experimental archaeological initiative aiming to build a full scale broch from scratch using traditional methods.
of what a broch may have been in its completed form. dry stone towers of that size, and you especially see it with mousa, it s a difficult endeavour to begin with to build one. the fact that they have lasted as long as they have, the fact that they go through several phases of occupation spanning somewhere around 1,000 years is attractive to a heritage tourist. the caithness broch project is an experimental archaeological initiative aiming to build a full scale broch from scratch using traditional methods. it s a hugely ambitious undertaking as so little is known about these mysterious buildings. i think it s a very adventurous idea to build a broch. it will teach us an incredible amount about how to go about building and dry stone to build a structure so large. and the design of our broch, we ve tried to base it as much as we can on archaeological evidence i think what we really hope
it s a hugely ambitious undertaking as so little is known about these mysterious buildings. i think it s a very adventurous idea to build a broch. it will teach us an incredible amount about how to go about building and dry stone to build a structure so large. and the design of our broch, we ve tried to base it as much as we can on archaeological evidence. i think what we really hope to achieve is a more thorough understanding of brochs, and how they were built might kind of play into ideas of why they were built as well. so as we go through the process of constructing a broch then maybe we ll get a better insight into the minds of broch builders in the past as well, because there are so many unanswered questions about the iron age, how iron age societies work, how did they kind of revolve around the brochs or how two brochs revolved around iron age societies? the building of the broch will be as much of an attraction as it as a complete structure. the most broch store found right here
still, after hundreds of years of archaeology, we re not entirely sure we have a modern perception of what buildings are the most complete. broch still standing is mousa. mousa broch is the most intact broch that we have. it does, of course, have a secondary structure from a later occupation phase built inside it. but we do have a good sense of what a broch may have been in its completed form. dry stone towers of that size, and you especially see it with mousa, it s a difficult endeavour to begin with to build one. the fact that they have lasted as long as they have, the fact that they go through several phases of occupation spanning somewhere around 1,000 years is attractive to a heritage tourist. the caithness broch project is an experimental archaeological initiative aiming to build a full scale broch from scratch using traditional methods.
it s a hugely ambitious undertaking as so little is known about these mysterious buildings. i think it s a very adventurous idea to build a broch. it will teach us an incredible amount about how to go about building and dry stone to build a structure so large. and the design of our broch, we ve tried to base it as much as we can on archaeological evidence. i think what we really hope to achieve is a more thorough understanding of brochs, and how they were built might kind of play into ideas of why they were built as well. so as we go through the process of constructing a broch then maybe we ll get a better insight into the minds of broch builders in the past as well, because there are so many unanswered questions about the iron age, how iron age societies work, how did they kind of revolve around the brochs or how two brochs revolved around iron age societies? the building of the broch will be as much of an attraction as it as a complete structure.