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  SM5205_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

The monument consists of a broch, dating to the middle Iron Age (c. 200BC-c. 200AD) together with a small enclosure and a series of buildings, also in ruins, associated with a later agricultural settlement. The broch is 16m in overall diameter, with walls 4m thick. Traces of a gallery within the thickness of the wall can be seen. The entrance was on the NE side, and was flanked by small side chambers or "guard cells".

The remains of the broch stand up to 2.5m above the original floor level. Attached to the NW side of the broch

is a low turf-covered enclosure containing a rectangular building footing 3.5m by 2m, while to the S and SE of the broch a similar building footing, plus those of at least four shielings, survive.

The area to be scheduled is irregular, approximately triangular in plan, with maximum dimensions of 85m N-S by 80m E-W, to include the broch, the various later structures and an area of formerly cultivated land within which evidence for past agriculture may survive, all as marked in red on the accompanying map.

Statement of National Importance

This monument is of national importance as one of the best-preserved unexcavated brochs in the region, and may contain information, accessible to excavation, concerning defensive and domestic architecture, domestic and agricultural economy, and past environment. This importance is enhanced by the strong possibility that later agricultural remains around the broch may represent the last evidence of a continuous farming use stretching back to the Iron Age, and once again capable of investigation. The monument possesses an exceptional potential to enhance our understanding of all aspects of Iron Age society.

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