SCOTLAND & PRE-HISTORY
Dwelling's

Dundornadilla This ruin can be found in Sutherland 9miles NW of Altnahara in the extreme northen mainland, only the area seen in my picture is now left standing to about 22ft,the inner courtyard measures 27ft. in diameter. A b-road passes right through this site as you can make out in the foreground it is situated on a ledge between a hill and a valley in a very atmospheric and scenic position which would have been covered with trees and would have had good ground for crops and livestock. Site's of this kind would have been inhabited by early picts in the pre-christian / early christian period.





Duncarloway This Broch is situated 15½ miles WNW of Stornoway on the Outer Hebridean island of Lewis, this area is protected now but went unprotected for centuries, in which time much of the building has been removed by stone theives. For all that however this remains ( pardon the pun ) one of the best preserved sites of it's kind part of the 11 ft. thick wall still reaches 31 ft. in height, the inner courtyard measures 25 ft. accross this was beleived to have been Inhabited by pre-historic group of pict's.





Jarshof This settlement can be found in the Shetland islands ½ mile south of Sumburgh airport and is probably the most continiously inhabited settlement in Britain, having been occupied from the beggining to middle of the 2nd Millenium B.C. period until the Dark Ages when it was desserted and remained covered in sand until rediscovery in 1897.





Skarabrae this Neolithic site, excellently preserved in similar circumstances to those of Jarlshof is Situated on the Orkney mainland 6½ miles north of Stromness and consists of several houses 'squeezed' together in the picture you can see a Hearth in the center a box bed a dresser, tanks, and stones for grinding grain called 'Quernstones'.It is only one of a larger complex of houses This site was occupied in different stages throught history and large amounts of relics have been found there from all the different periods of habitation.





Mousa Broch Situated on the small Shetland Island of Mousa is this the best preserved Broch in Scotland, It has been invariably helped in its survival by its remoteness. Luckilly for all who wish to visit it and see it now. This particular Broch differs slightly from it's mainland counterparts by having no guard cells inside the entrance, the builder probably thought there would have been no need for these extra defences as the area provided adequate defense. It was well known at the time that you could not penetrate these towers without reverting to prolonged seige.





Dun Troddan along with its nearby counterpart Dun Telve are the best preserved Brochs after Mousa and can be found near Glenleg which is off the Sheil bridge rd, despite its vurnerable position on the floor of the valley and near a English army route it has managed to survive stone robbing and other vandalism to a height of 7 meters and six feet, knowing that it was vurnerable the builder must have built it for status rather than defense. The guard cell at the entrance remains intact and leads to another cell with 9 stairs that lead to a gallery around the inside of the building this would have led to upper galleries, rare evidence of internal stucture above ground level was found at this site in the form of post holes where the supports for the upper galleries would have been.



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