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View of blockhouse.

SC 336028

Description View of blockhouse.

Catalogue Number SC 336028

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 1118 CN

Scope and Content Broch at Clickhimin, Lerwick, Shetland This broch is built on a promontory on the Loch of Clickhimin. It would have originally stood on a rocky islet connected to the mainland by a causeway, but the water-level was lowered during the 19th century. It is a multi-period site. This is a view of the blockhouse. Though it is essentially a grand free-standing gate house for the ringwall, it is free-standing. Inside are two cells, one at either end. Neither can be entered from ground level. Finds from the site include many domestic utensils and pottery. There was also a fragment of glass from a Roman bowl. This bowl was probably made in Alexandria in Egypt around AD 100. All the finds are now in the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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