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Castle Linglas is a broch located on Keiss Links in Caithness, northern Scotland, dating to the Iron Age. The monument represents one of Scotland's distinctive circular stone tower structures, a building type concentrated in the north and west of the country during the later Iron Age, typically constructed between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. The broch would originally have stood as a substantial circular tower with a hollow-wall construction, designed to project considerable height and authority across the landscape. Its position on the Links, the low-lying coastal plain near Keiss, indicates its builders' control of this agriculturally productive and strategically significant territory in what is now the far north of mainland Scotland.
Castle Linglas,broch,Keiss Links is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM540. View the official record →
Castle Linglas is a broch located on Keiss Links in Caithness, northern Scotland, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM540.
Castle Linglas,broch,Keiss Links dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch,keiss links. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Castle Linglas,broch,Keiss Links is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM540.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Keiss Broch (3.1 km), Whitegate Broch (3.3 km), Kirk Tofts,broch,Keiss (3.3 km).
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