#Carloway Broch, an impressive Iron Age #ScottishBroch on the Isle of Lewis, crowns a rocky knoll above Loch an Duin. Built around 200 BC, it was used until AD 1000, later serving clans for defence into the 1500s, & even as a pottery kiln in subsequent centuries.

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Ancient stairs and image of a broch

Ancient stairs and image of a broch

A 2000 year-old stair in #Carloway Broch, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. #Brochs are Iron Age structures unique to Scotland, designed to impress & defend.

For more about Brochs don't miss our upcoming Trimontium Talk: "Towers in the North: How to build a Broch"
zurl.co/qruMM 10 Apr 7:30pm (UK)