Massive Scottish monuments thought to originate in the Iron Age, brochs are huge drystone walled structures, built upwards to considerable heights, with large inner conical chambers reaching up to the high roofs. They were very effective in protecting anyone inside the broch from the wind and rain. Their precise nature and function remains unknown, though it seems likely that some defensive element to them is probable; but they may equally have been used as living quarters; or a site where food and livestock were kept; or perhaps ceremonial structures for rites of passage and/or shamanic development. Much more research is still needed into these fascinating monuments.
Site Name |
Species |
Grid-Reference / What3Words |
| Achvarasdal, Reay, Caithness | Broch | |
| An Dun, Berrisdale Strath, Caithness | Broch | |
| Auchensalt, Thornhill, Stirlingshire | Broch | NN 6533 0099 |
| Backies, Golspie, Sutherland | Broch | |
| Baile Mhargaite, Bettyhill, Sutherland | Broch | NC 69742 60973 |
| The Borg, Trantlebeg, Sutherland | Broch | |
| Borgie Farmhouse, Tongue, Sutherland | Broch | NC 675 594 |
| Bruan Broch, Ulbster, Caithness | Broch | ND 31028 39501 |
| Coldoch, Kincardine, Stirlingshire | Broch | |
| The Dhuine, Farr, Sutherland | Broch | NC 7175 6338 |
| Dun Osdale, Dunvegan, Skye | Broch | NG 24162 46424 |
| Dunrobin Wood, Golspie, Sutherland | Broch | |
| East Kinnauld, Strath Fleet, Rogart, Sutherland | Broch | |
| Houstry Broch, Dunbeath, Caithness | Broch | |
| Kierhead, Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire | Broch | |
| Kilphedir, Strath of Kildonan, Sutherland | Broch | |
| Leckie, Gargunnock, Stirlingshire | Broch | |
| Livilands, Stirling, Stirlingshire | Broch | |
| Ousdale, Latheron, Caithness | Broch | |
| Sallachy, Loch Shin, Lairg, Sutherland | Broch | |