Broch of Gurness, Orkney

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The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age complex and one of the most outstanding examples of a later prehistoric settlement to survive in Scotland.

Many brochs stood alone, but sizeable villages often surrounded those in Orkney. The broch village at Gurness is one of the most impressive. It has also been excavated and so gives a more vivid impression of life in the Middle Iron Age than similar sites.

Archaeological excavations in the early 20th century showed that the village began between 500 BC and 200 BC.

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