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Knowe of Grugar is a Iron Age broch located southeast of Burgar in Orkney, Scotland. The monument dates to the Iron Age period and represents one of the distinctive fortified roundhouse structures characteristic of prehistoric Orkney and northern Scotland. Like other brochs, the structure would have originally comprised a circular stone-built tower with hollow-walled construction, though its present condition reflects considerable ruination since antiquity. The site forms part of the significant concentration of Iron Age settlement evidence in Orkney, contributing to understanding of domestic fortification and settlement patterns during the first millennium before Christ.
Knowe of Grugar or Ryo,broch SE of Burgar is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1454. View the official record →
Knowe of Grugar is a Iron Age broch located southeast of Burgar in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1454.
Knowe of Grugar or Ryo,broch SE of Burgar dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch se of burgar. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Knowe of Grugar or Ryo,broch SE of Burgar 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 SM1454.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Black Knowe, mound 470m N of Lower Cottascarth (7.5 km), Knowe of Lyron, mound 120m WNW of Lyron Cottage (8.2 km), Kingshouse, mounds 390m NE of and 470m NNE of (8.5 km).
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