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Whitegate Broch is a prehistoric circular stone tower located in Caithness in the far north of Scotland. The monument dates to the Iron Age, a period when broch construction was prevalent in northern Britain, typically between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD. The structure represents the characteristic architectural form of a broch, featuring a hollow-walled circular tower that would have served defensive and domestic purposes for the local population. Like many brochs in the region, Whitegate Broch provides evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and architectural sophistication in the Scottish Highlands.
Whitegate Broch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13621. View the official record →
Whitegate Broch is a prehistoric circular stone tower located in Caithness in the far north of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13621.
Whitegate Broch 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 SM13621.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Keiss Broch (0.2 km), Keiss Castle,350m SSE of Square of Keiss (0.5 km), Kirk Tofts,broch,Keiss (0.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Whitegate Broch's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Whitegate Broch stands on Middle Devonian sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is major:{sandstone}, Minor{siltstone,marl}.