Coldoch Broch
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| Location | Stirlingshire |
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| Type | Broch |
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| Periods | Iron Age |
Coldoch Broch is an Iron Age broch located in Stirlingshire in central Scotland (grid reference NS69649813).
Location
[edit | edit source]Coldoch Broch is located 4.5 kilometres southwest of Doune.[1] It stands on a slight rise immediately next to the flat land of the Forth Valley – originally an extensive marsh.[2] As recently as 2007 the site was described as being "overgrown with turf and weeds".[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]The broch has a maximum internal diameter of 8.8 metres and stands up to 2.4 metres in height.[2] The entrance is on the east side, and is unusually narrow. The entrance passage is about 5.8 metres long, and has no guard cell.[2] The interior of the broch has three intramural rooms, which are approximately rectangular in shape.[2] There is a doorway to the intramural stair.[2]
Excavations
[edit | edit source]The broch was apparently cleared out just before 1870, and although a plan was prepared, a report on the excavation never appeared.[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Leckie Broch, 3 miles to the south
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
