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Hill of Works is a Iron Age broch situated 550 metres south-east of Barrock House in Caithness, Scotland. The monument dates to the Iron Age and represents the characteristic defensive or high-status architectural tradition of northern Britain during this period. Brochs of this type typically feature circular dry-stone towers with hollow-wall construction, though the present state of this example's physical remains should be verified through archaeological survey records. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Record under the designation HES INSPIRE SM558.
Hill of Works,broch 550m ESE of Barrock House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM558. View the official record →
Hill of Works is a Iron Age broch situated 550 metres south-east of Barrock House in Caithness, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM558.
Hill of Works,broch 550m ESE of Barrock House dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch 550m ese of barrock house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Hill of Works,broch 550m ESE of Barrock House 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 SM558.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring of Castlehill, fort 380m SW of Summer Byres (1 km), Green Hill of Clayton,settlement WSW of Hill of Clayton (4.5 km), Gearsay Cairn,broch 240m SW of West Gersa (4.7 km).
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