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Kirk Tofts Broch is an Iron Age broch located at Keiss in Caithness, northern Scotland. The monument, designated as SM560 in the Historic Environment Scotland record, dates to the Iron Age period when such defensive stone towers were constructed throughout northern Scotland. The broch exhibits the characteristic circular plan and hollow-wall construction typical of this monument type, features that provided both structural strength and internal chambers within the thick walls. Kirk Tofts Broch forms part of the important concentration of brochs found in Caithness, a region particularly rich in these prehistoric fortified structures from the first centuries BC and AD.
Kirk Tofts,broch,Keiss is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM560. View the official record →
Kirk Tofts Broch is an Iron Age broch located at Keiss in Caithness, northern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM560.
Kirk Tofts,broch,Keiss dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch,keiss. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Kirk Tofts,broch,Keiss 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 SM560.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Keiss Broch (0.6 km), Whitegate Broch (0.6 km), Keiss Castle,350m SSE of Square of Keiss (0.8 km).
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