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BROCH | |
Iron Age | |
1390 | |
Shetland |
A massive double bank and ditch flanking the eastern side of the site of a broch which has now completely eroded, except for a sliver of the eastern side of the broch mound. A circular mound at the southern end of the banks and ditches is presumably an element of the broch complex. Erosion has exposed clean sections through the inner bank, the inner ditch and the central mound. The banks and mound are constructed with up-cast material from the ditches, which buries and preserves the former soil horizon. Rare fragments of very decayed pottery were observed in the up-cast forming the mound. There is evidence of stone facing on the banks. The section through the inner ditch has exposed a sequence of waterlogged and anaerobic silt and clay deposits at the base of the ditch containing preserved plant material. A mat of vegetation was observed at the base of one part of the ditch. These are sealed by boulder sized demolition debris, probably from the broch structures. The potential for preservation of high quality paleao-environmental evidence from the buried soil horizons and the waterlogged ditch deposits is high. Site visit 25 Feb 2018 As described. Photographs taken and sketch sections drawn. |
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Image | Date | Caption | User |
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27/02/2018 | Feb 2018: View of section, facing north | keenofhamar | |
27/02/2018 | Feb 2018: View along section facing north | keenofhamar | |
27/02/2018 | Feb 2018: General view of section, facing north | keenofhamar | |
19/05/2015 | November 2016 Detail of section through north end of inner bank and ditch | Samantha | |
19/05/2015 | November 2016 detail of section through north end of outer bank and ditch | Samantha | |
19/05/2015 | Mound at south end of banks and ditches, looking southeast | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Stone structures visible in north facing secion through southern end of inner bank, looking North | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Detail of buried soil in broch mound | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Section through eastern edge of broch mound | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Detail of organic preservation at base of ditch | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Detail of deposits in inner ditch | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Detail of section through north end of inner bank and ditch | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Detail of section through north end of outer bank and ditch | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Composite section through earthworks, looking east | training1 | |
19/05/2015 | Earthworks, labelled, looking south | training1 | |
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