Broch Definition

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noun

(archaeology) A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-skinned walls found on Orkney and Shetland and parts of the Scottish mainland.

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  • Burra is a contraction of Bo?gar-oy, meaning "Broch island."

  • The broch, which stands on a rocky promontory at the south-west of the isle, now measures about 45 ft.

  • Burray (677) is famous for the broch from which the island takes its name (Borgarey, Norse, "island of the broch").

  • Adjoining the southern chamber is the inside stair conducting to the top of the broch; of this stair some twenty steps remain.

  • It possesses several examples of Pictish and Scandinavian antiquities, such as the "Odin stone" and the broch of Burrowstone.

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