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	Broch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The distribution of brochs is centred on north west Scotland although isolated examples occur in the borders (for example Edin's Hall Broch) and near Stirling.
		Early in the use of a broch (from the middle of the 1st millennium BC until the early 3rd century AD) they would be used purely as defensive structures, places of refuge for communities and their livestock.
		Brochs were always placed in locations which were easily defended, close to arable land and a source of water (many have deep wells or natural springs rising within their central space).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Broch (483 words)

	Mousa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mousa is a small island in Shetland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century.
		The island is best known for the Mousa Broch an Iron Age round tower.
		Mousa is also known for its wildlife, including grey and common seals, guillemots, arctic terns and storm petrels.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Mousa (83 words)

	Shetland Museum - Archaeology - Gazetteer - Iron Age Domestic and Defensive
		The only feature of the broch which can be discerned is the outer end of the entrance passage, which is on the north, where a causeway runs through the ramparts, which are faced with stone in this portion of their circuit.
		Outside the broch are slight traces of outbuildings, contained within a stone wall which runs across the neck of the promontory on which the broch stands.
		The broch was closely followed by a stone roundhouse, built within the outer enclosure of the broch.
	www.shetland-museum.org.uk /collections/archaeology/gaz_ironage_domestic.htm (2819 words)

	Mousa Broch Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Of all Scotland's brochs one quite literally stands supreme: Mousa Broch rises to 13m high and is both magnificent and awe inspiring.
		Opinions differ about whether this was to ensure that the sheer mass of the walls didn't cause the broch to collapse; or simply an anticipation by 2000 years of the invention of double glazing.
		Further correspondence established that the stone had been taken from Mousa Broch, specifically from the area of the landing between the two flights of stairs.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /mousa/mousabroch (1200 words)

	Sandwick Community Website \| Mousa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mousa measures a little under two miles in length and almost a mile at its widest point.
		Although, many brochs were built in regions that were routinely attacked by raiders it is generally felt that Brochs afforded protection against a neighbour who held a short term grudge over a domestic dispute.
		Mousa Broch is a little narrower than most but at a height of 13.3m it is almost unique.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /sandwick-community/mousa.html (757 words)

	Mousa Boat Trips Website
		Although, many Brochs were built in regions routinely attacked by raiders, it is generally felt that Brochs afforded protection against a neighbour who held a grudge over a domestic dispute.
		The diameter of the Broch is wider at the bottom as the solid base includes three oval cells.
		It is felt that the height of the Broch would have been chosen because it offers a slight view of the sea to the east of Mousa.
	www.mousaboattrips.co.uk /info.html (765 words)

	Shetland Museum - Archaeology - Iron Age - Mousa
		Mousa is often referred to as the best preserved broch in Scotland.
		It is thought that Mousa is the final stage in the development of the building of brochs.
		The broch became abandoned during the late wheelhouse period; however, unlike Clickimin, it does have a Viking connection.
	www.shetland-museum.org.uk /collections/archaeology/mousa.htm (276 words)

	brochs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Entrance to a broch was gained from a narrow passage through the wall and led to an inner structure which was similar to the homes surrounding it.
		The broch of Gurness is a fine example of a typical broch tower and village in Scotland.
		Sometime around 100 CE the popularity of brochs had declined to the point where the broch of Gurness was slowly abandoned when the tower suffered a complete collapse for the last time.
	www.gettysburg.edu /academics/english/britain/celtic/brochs.htm (1039 words)

	Talk History Forum - Mystery of ancient broch unlocked after 2000 years
		Mousa Broch, located on the island of Mousa in Shetland, is one of the finest examples of an Iron Age tower or broch.
		Some archaeologists once thought brochs were built by an influx of broch builders who had been displaced and pushed northward by the Roman invasion of Britain.
		A spokesman for Historic Scotland, which cares for the broch, said: "Mousa Broch is a monument of national importance and we want to make sure it is kept in the best possible condition.
	www.talk-history.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1342 (518 words)

	Fortress - Articles - Brochs, duns and forts in early Celtic Scotland
		While the Broch of Gurness is considered an early example of the genre, the Broch of Mousa in Shetland is probably the most intact example of a later (and more classical) broch structure.
		Precursors of the earliest brochs were probably the strong circular houses whose ruins are located in the same geographical area as the brochs.
		The broch builders had been long gone by then, and while the Picts may well have been the descendants of these broch builders, archaeological information is unable to prove a clear descent from one group to the other.
	www.ospreyfortress.com /articles/brochs.htm (3335 words)

	Mousa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mousa is a small island about 1 mile east of Cunningsburgh.
		The broch (shown above) is one of the most complete examples in Scotland which stands at 13.5 metres high and has a diameter of 15 metres.
		In the summer, at night, the broch is used by birds (Stormy Petrels).
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /computing/oldpage/mousa.htm (111 words)

	Mason Laser Scanning Surveys CD
		Mousa Broch is a Iron Age structure in the Shetland Islands, now maintained by Historic Scotland who requested a survey for the purpose of measuring deformation within the walls.
		However this was a problematic as one side of the Broch is located relatively close to water, extra scans were required on this side to gain complete coverage of the broch.
		The output from the Mousa survey consisted of elevations, incremental plan profiles, a mesh model and a fly-through animation.
	www.mason.co.uk /LSS_htm/main_htm/project/project_Mousa_Broch.htm (204 words)

	Mousa Broch
		Mousa Broch is probably the finest example of a broch surviving today and is just over 13 metres high.
		A narrow spiral staircase rises between the walls, giving access to the top of the Broch, from where there are stunning views.
		Mousa is located about 12 miles south of Lerwick off the east coast of Mainland in the Shetlands.
	www.seapaddler.co.uk /MousaBroch.htm (249 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The equipment will also be used to look again at sections of Mousa Broch, which underwent a complete scan in 2002, to detect whether there has been any movement in the building.
		An Historic Scotland spokesman said: “Mousa Broch is a monument of national importance and we want to make sure it is kept in the best possible condition.
		1) Mousa Broch is the finest structure of its kind, standing to a height of 13.3 metres and with a width of 12 metres at its base.
	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk /sg/txtonly/news-full-article.htm?articleid=12623 (375 words)

	The Orkney and Shetland Touring Company - The Shetland Islands - Mousa Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MOUSA (ON Mos-ey - Mossy Island) lies across Mousa Sound from Sandwick, and is the site of the famous and very well-preserved eponymous broch, which was already at least 1,000 years old in Viking times.
		Mousa broch is smaller in diameter than most, and today there is no sign of any surrounding structures apart from a possible rampart.
		Many visitors to this attractive little island go no further than its broch, but there are many further delights in store, including within the broch itself a large colony of Storm Petrel (Alamootie) which find the interstices in the walls ideal for nesting.
	www.orkneyshetland.co.uk /mousa.html (420 words)

	Mousa
		The best preserved broch in Scotland: it is over 13m tall, little short of its original height.
		This magnificent building stands on a rocky headland on the west coast of the uninhabited island of Mousa (Shetland).
		A stone stair rises spirally inside the wall, lit by vertical gaps in the inner broch's face.
	www.stonepages.com /ancient_scotland/sites/mousa.htm (122 words)

	Lonely-Isles Mousa
		Brochs are unique to Scotland and Mousa Broch is the best preserved example of this type of stone structure in existance.
		The Broch was built over 2000 years ago when disputes over land were common and every community needed a stronghold to protect themselves.
		Nowadays Mousa is visited by people not only to see the Broch and the island but to see the amazing wildlide, in particular the storm petrels, which now call Mousa their home.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/t/atra04/lonelyisles/mousa/Home.htm (486 words)

	Mousa Broch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Located on the island of Mousa, it stands some 44 feet (13 m) high and is accessible via a single entrance at ground level.
		It is the only broch which is complete right to the top, including the original internal stairwell.
		It is built of dry stone with no mortar, thus any disturbance could cause a great deal of damage.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mousa-Broch.htm (258 words)

	Column with Contents
		The interweave in this design is reminiscent of the rolled up long lines used around the turn of the 19th century, when fishermen risked their lives in small open boats to fish the "deeps" in the Far Haaf fishing grounds around Shetland.
		This design depicts the layout of a broch (ancient lookout and defence tower) which is situated on the island of Mousa in the South Mainland of Shetland.
		It is the best preserved broch in Britain standing over 42 feet high and measuring 49 feet in diameter at the base.
	www.nrtco.net /~gec/Legends.htm (200 words)

	Mousa Boat Trips Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		But there's a catch: Mousa Broch is on an island a mile off the east coast of Mainland Shetland about 15 miles south of Lerwick.
		The solution lies with Mousa Boat Trips, who for 35 years have been carrying visitors across the Sound of Mousa to Mousa and its broch.
		Mousa Boat Trips operates from the well signposted Sandsayre Pier, at Leebitton in Sandwick.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /mousa/mousaferry (468 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Round towers are mostly found in Ireland and Scotland (called brochs), where they were built, probably between the 7th and 10th century.
		The brochs appear to be built by pre-Christain Celts, many bronze and iron fragments have been found in and near these structures.
		Brochs can be found in Scotland today in the Shetland islands at Mousa broch and at Keiss Road in Caithness.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Round_tower (528 words)

	Mousa Boat Trips Web Site
		A trip to the island is an essential part of your Shetland holiday in order to see the wonderfully preserved Broch and the fantastic array of wildlife.
		The Mousa Ferry is skippered by Tom Jamieson and his two sons Stuart and Steven.
		Their years of expert service on the run, means you have the very best guides for your trip to the island.
	www.mousaboattrips.co.uk (302 words)

	Mousa Broch \| Fieldnotes by notjamesbond \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Mousa Broch \| Fieldnotes by notjamesbond
		Mousa Broch is the finest example of a 2000 year old Iron Age tower or broch anywhere.
		It stands 13.3 metres high and dominates the landscape of the small island of Mousa just off the Shetland mainland.
		Accessibility is only by boat and it is thought that the only reason it still stands so proud today is because it would have proved too difficult for past generations to sail over and steal the stone.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /post/14793 (74 words)

	The Orkney and Shetland Islands
		A two-hour cruise brought us to the Isle of Mousa where an archeological relic called the Mousa Broch is situated.
		Mousa Broch is a circular tower, perhaps 40-50 feet across and about the same in height.
		A short cruise beyond Mousa took us to a bird nesting spot, Noss Island, where there were hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of Guillemots (Murres) Skuas, Puffins, Fulmars, Cormorants, Gulls and Gannets nesting against the ledges of cliffs 180+ meters high.
	pweb.netcom.com /~pbirman/spitzbergen/shetland.htm (1469 words)

	The Shetland Islands : Regions in Brief \| Frommers.com
		Clickhimin Broch, about.4km (1/4 mile) southwest of Lerwick beside A970, was fortified at the beginning of the Iron Age.
		It was at one time turned into a broch, rising 5m (17 ft.) and built inside the fort.
		It's the best-preserved example of an Iron Age broch in Britain.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/theshetlandislands/2113010043.html (2035 words)

	Sandwick on GlobalGuide.Org
		Just offshore here is the island of Mousa, complete with the best preserved Pictish broch in Scotland, still standing to a height of over 13 metres.
		Mousa Broch was built in the Iron Age from local sandstone.
		In the 12th century Harald, Earl of Orkney, laid siege to the broch where his mother and her lover were taking refuge, but he eventually gave up and left the island.
	www.globalguide.org /?id=167129 (417 words)

	Mousa Broch
		Mousa Broch is the finest surviving example of a 2,000 year old Iron Age tower, or broch.
		It was one of about 120 built throughout Shetland as times became more troubled.
		Mentioned in the sagas as an eloping lovers' hideout, Mousa Broch is one of the wonders of European archaeology.
	www.shetland-heritage.co.uk /brochures/area_pages/south_mainland/mousa_broch.htm (137 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Following consultations last year, Historic Scotland will install a handrail at Mousa Broch in early July, to ensure the safety of visitors who climb to the top of the Iron Age tower.
		The new handrail will be installed inside the broch’s outer wall to allow visitors continued access to the top of the tower, which would otherwise have had to stop for health and safety reasons.
		Care has been taken to ensure that the railing does not take away from the views of the broch as visitors approach it from the jetty on Mousa.
	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk /sg/txtonly/news-full-article.htm?articleid=3922 (166 words)

	Voe Travelogue, day trips from Lerwick, Shetland Islands
		Normally you‘ll see the trip to Mousa Broch offered as a guided tour, and rarely they will tell you that you can visit it independently.
		They might even tell you that you‘ll see more if you take the guided tour, but the truth is that you‘ll cross over to the island where the Broch stands with the same boat as the people of the guided tour.
		In this "field" you can witness 3000 years of history in one go: from bronze age dwellings, to an iron age broch (a broch is a defensive tower) and wheelhouse, to norse longhouses, and finally to a medieval farm and a 16th century Lairdis house.
	www.trekshare.com /index.cfm?p1=48&journalid=1723 (1262 words)

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