The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotl...
Mackie, Euan W. The Scottish broch - symbolized by the lonely tower on Mousa island in Shetland - has, since the early years of the 18th century, excited the curiosity of archaeologists, antiquaries, and lay persons alike. The great piles of rubble, or the green mounds covering their massive ruins (dated c.700 BC - AD 500), are everywhere to be seen in the western and northern islands and in the north-eastern counties of Caithness and Sutherland, often in upl...