Catania, Italy
2nd century AD
Le Mans, France
300 AD
Milan, Italy
c. 291 AD
Rome, Italy
38 AD
Paris, France
0-100 AD
Catania, Italy
1st century AD
Caesarea, Israel
4th century BCE
Torre Annunziata, Italy
100-0 BCE
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45 BC
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200 BCE
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0-200 AD
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2nd century AD
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2th century AD
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27 BCE - 14 AD
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100-0 BC
Como, Italy
0-100 AD
Salamanca, Spain
0-100 AD
Rome, Italy
115 BC
Rome, Italy
c. 220 AD
Newport, United Kingdom
90 AD
The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age broch village. Settlement here began sometime between 500 and 200 BC. At the centre of the settlement is a stone tower or broch, which once probably reached a height of around 10 metres. Its interior is divided into sections by upright slabs. The tower features two skins of drystone walls, with stone-floored galleries in between. These are accessed by steps. Stone ledges suggest that there was once an upper storey with a timber floor. The roof would have been thatched, surrounded by a wall walk linked by stairs to the ground floor. The broch features two hearths and a subterranean stone cistern with steps leading down into it. It is thought to have some religious significance, relating to an Iron Age cult of the underground.
The remains of the central tower are up to 3.6 metres high, and the stone walls are up to 4.1 metres thick.