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Broch - Wikipedia
Brochs are roundhouse buildings found throughout Atlantic Scotland . The word broch is derived from the Lowland Scots 'brough', meaning fort. In the mid-19th century, Scottish antiquaries called brochs 'burgs', after Old Norse borg, with the same meaning.
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BROCH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. Scottish : a luminous ring around the moon popularly regarded as an omen of bad weather 2. one of the prehistoric circular stone towers found on the Orkney ...
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Broch of Gurness | Public Body for Scotland's Historic Environment
Learn a little of the history of the Broch of Gurness, and find out what to see and do at the Iron Age complex, an icon of Orkney's archaeological heritage.
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broch
▪ I. † broch1 Obs. rare. [ad. F. broc, also broche, large jug: see Littré.] See quot.1679 Blount Anc. Tenures 51 One iron Broch, which was a great Pot or Jug to carry Liquid things.▪ II. broch2, brogh, brough Archæol. Forms: 7 brogh, 7–9 brugh, 8–9 brough, burg(h, 9 broch. [n.e. Scottish, a. ON. bor...
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The Broch - Archaeology Orkney
Structure A is the broch, or Atlantic Roundhouse, at the heart of the site – a massive, sub-circular structure around 21.5m in overall diameter.
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Brochs – the Tallest Prehistoric Buildings in Britain - Historic UK
These two thousand year old stone structures date from the Iron Age, and it is estimated that at least seven hundred brochs once existed across Scotland.
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Mousa Broch - Historic Environment Scotland
Brochs are a kind of Iron Age roundhouse found only in Scotland, and Mousa is the best-preserved of them all. Thought to have been constructed in about 300 BC, ...
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What is a Broch?
Brochs are massive drystone towers built by the northern Caledonian tribes 2000 years ago during the middle Iron Age, between 400 BC and 100 AD.
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www.thebrochproject.co.uk
Hermann Broch - Wikipedia
Hermann Broch (German: [bʁɔx]; 1 November 1886 – 30 May 1951) was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction.
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Broch Architecture - Odyssey: Adventures in Archaeology
Broch Design. One appealing suggestion is that brochs were designed with an eye to making the broch snug and dry in the relatively cold, wet and windy climate ...
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Broch (disambiguation)
Broch may also refer to:
Buildings
Broch of Clickimin, a broch near Lerwick, Shetland
Broch of Culswick, an unexcavated coastal broch in Shetland
Broch of Gurness, an Iron Age broch village on the northwest coast of Mainland, Orkney
Broch of Mousa, a broch or round tower on the island of Mousa, Shetland
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Hugo Broch
World War II
Broch is a World War II Luftwaffe pilot. In January 1943 he arrived on the Eastern Front to serve in II. Later life
Following World War II, Broch became an employee with Agfa in Leverkusen.
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Erling Broch
Erling Broch (22 February 1875 – 4 September 1941) was a Norwegian judge. He was a brother of Hjalmar Broch, Olaf Broch, Lagertha Broch and Nanna Broch, father of Lisbeth Broch, and father-in-law of Vilhelm Evang.
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Coldoch Broch
Coldoch Broch is an Iron Age broch located in Stirlingshire in central Scotland (). Location
Coldoch Broch is located 4.5 kilometres southwest of Doune.
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Torwoodlee Broch
Torwoodlee Broch is the remains of an iron-age broch located near the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The broch lies about two miles south of Bow Castle Broch.
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