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Broch of Clickimin

Scotland

Heritage status
scheduled monument
Location
Shetland Islands
Coordinates
60.14942°, -1.16554°
Links
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Broch of Clickimin in Scotland
Photo: Helen Spencer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Broch of Clickimin (also Clickimin or Clickhimin Broch) is a large, well-preserved but restored broch in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (grid reference HU46434082). Originally built on an island in Clickimin Loch, it was approached by a stone causeway. The broch is situated within a walled enclosure and, unusually for brochs, features a large "forework" or "blockhouse" between the opening in the enclosure and the broch itself. The site is maintained by Historic Scotland. According to its excavator, John R.C. Hamilton, there were several periods of occupation of the site: Late Bronze Age farmstead, Early Iron Age farmstead, Iron Age fort, broch period, and wheelhouse settlement.

Text adapted from “Broch of Clickimin” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Broch of Clickimin ranks #3,226 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #116 of the 252 mapped in Scotland. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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