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Gearsay Cairn is a broch located approximately 240 metres southwest of West Gersa in Caithness, Scotland, dating to the Iron Age. The monument represents the characteristic defensive and domestic architecture of the broch-building tradition, which flourished in northern Scotland during the later Iron Age, roughly between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. The site is recorded in the national record of monuments under the Historic Environment Scotland INSPIRE designation SM549, reflecting its significance as a scheduled ancient monument. Brochs such as Gearsay exemplify the distinctive stone tower construction of their era, though the specific physical condition and archaeological details of this individual site would require consultation of site-specific survey records for fuller characterisation.
Gearsay Cairn,broch 240m SW of West Gersa is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM549. View the official record →
Gearsay Cairn is a broch located approximately 240 metres southwest of West Gersa in Caithness, Scotland, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM549.
Gearsay Cairn,broch 240m SW of West Gersa dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch 240m sw of west gersa. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Gearsay Cairn,broch 240m SW of West Gersa 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 SM549.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kirk o'Moss, site of St Duthac's Chapel, Moss of Killimster (2.8 km), Bilbster, chambered cairn 1040m NNE of Bylbster Bridge (3.5 km), Grey Cairn, broch 475m SE of Lynegar (4.5 km).
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