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<< Our Photo Pages >> Keiss Broch - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Caithness

Submitted by h_fenton on Thursday, 15 February 2001  Page Views: 8962

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Keiss Broch Alternative Name: Keiss South, Keiss Harbour
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Wick
Map Ref: ND35316108  Landranger Map Number: 12
Latitude: 58.533001N  Longitude: 3.11268W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by h_fenton : Keiss Broch, nr Keiss, Caithness. At the time of my visit in May 2011 this broch looked a right mess full of rubbish plus old lobster pots and fish boxes, although recognisable as an ancient site, it would have been better to have backfilled this site after excavation, If you want to see a decent broch at Keiss walk c.150metres northeast to Whitegate Broch. A incomplete and badly stitched K... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Western Highlands

Remains of a broch with preserved parts of the outer walls. The site was occupied till 3rd century AD.
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Keiss Broch submitted by Flickr : Image from page 380 of "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland" (1849) Identifier: journalofroyalso1899roya Title: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Year: 1849 (1840s) Authors: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Transactions Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Proceedings and transactions Royal Society o... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by Flickr : Image from page 382 of "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland" (1849) Identifier: journalofroyalso1899roya Title: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Year: 1849 (1840s) Authors: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Transactions Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Proceedings and transactions Royal Society o... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by durhamnature : Photo of the broch from "Report on inventory of Scottish Monuments...Caithness" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of the broch from "Report on inventory of Scottish Monuments...Caithness" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Keiss Broch submitted by durhamnature : Photo of "painted pebbles" from Keiss Broch from "Report on inventory of Scottish Monuments...Caithness" via archive.org

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of broch, from "Bronze Age Antiquities" via archive.org

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of Keiss Harbour broch with tower of Keiss Castle visible in the background (photo taken on July 2011).

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Keiss Harbour broch - view from the NE (photo taken on July 2011).

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Keiss Harbour is likely to be the major among three brochs in Keiss, as the biggest number of exotic and high status goods were found in it (photo taken on July 2011).

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of the intramural structures (possibly a staircase) in Keiss broch (photo taken on July 2011).

Keiss Broch
Keiss Broch submitted by SolarMegalith : Keiss broch (known also as Keiss South and Keiss Harbour) - view from the north (photo taken on July 2011).

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Digital excavation recording at Keiss Broch, Caithness by Andy B on Sunday, 28 August 2011
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Digital excavation recording at Keiss Broch, Caithness

As part of the Knowledge Transfer Project, AOC Archaeology Group and The University of Nottingham have been developing laser scanning as means of creating digital terrain models. The project has focussed on producing raster and TIN digital terrain models compatible with standard desktop GIS georeferenced to ordnance survey co-ordinates. This technique has been used to record archaeological landscapes at Keiss, Caithness, resulting in a terrain model of the foreshore area containing ‘broch village’ complexes.

By integrating data collected using more traditional survey equipment, however, we have also been able to introduce ‘interpreted’ data into laser scan point clouds. During the excavation of Keiss Harbour broch in Caithness in 2006, part of the River of Stone Project, laser scanning was employed alongside traditional recording as a means of documenting the deposits and built structures encountered. Scanning was carried out at every stage where a hand-drawn plan was deemed necessary, and the resulting point-clouds registered to a common Ordnance Survey georeferenced site grid.

Each stage of the excavation could thereby be overlain on the previous scan, providing phased plans that showed the depths of removed material. By digitising the resulting point-clouds in CAD, two-dimensional plans were produced and registered in to the site survey in GIS. By recording the locations of all finds and samples retrieved during the excavation in the same georeferenced coordinate system, a GIS project was compiled recording the locations of all significant archaeological material. The result is a step towards 3D recording of archaeological excavations. Further development of the technique is planned for future seasons of excavation.

http://www.aocarchaeology.com/key-projects/survey-and-geomatics-key-projects/digital-excavation-recording-at-keiss-broch-caithness
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Keiss Excavation Photo Gallery by Andy B on Thursday, 17 August 2006
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Whitegate Broch is being excavated by a team under the leadership of Dr Andy Heald of the National Museum of Scotland with students from Nottingham university and local amateur archaeologists. The two brochs at Keiss harbour are under investigation with the larger dig being concentrated on the Whitegate broch. The project has the full support of the Caithness Archaeological Trust.

Apparently Prince Charles visited this summer, while staying at the ex-Queen Mother's place (Source: BBC)

http://www.caithness.org/atoz/brochs/whitegatebroch/index.htm
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Re: Keiss by Andy B on Tuesday, 04 July 2006
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Broch being dug this summer as part of Caithness investigations:

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART38231.html
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