LERWICK, SOUTH ROAD, CLICKIMIN (BROCH, FORT, SETTLEMENT) View of the broch interior showing openings in exterior wall.
SH 70
Description LERWICK, SOUTH ROAD, CLICKIMIN (BROCH, FORT, SETTLEMENT) View of the broch interior showing openings in exterior wall.
Catalogue Number SH 70
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 338376
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 from the top of the broch, looking down inside. As with several other similar sites, the original floor of the broch has been covered by the building of a later roundhouse within the existing tower. 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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