58°29′31″N 3°09′44″W / 58.491873°N 3.162328°W
Alternative name | Kilmster broch |
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Location | Scottish Highlands |
Coordinates | 58°29′31″N 3°09′44″W / 58.491873°N 3.162328°W |
Type | Broch |
History | |
Periods | Iron Age |
Skitten Broch was an Iron Age broch located between the villages of Killimster and North Killimster in Caithness, Scotland ( grid reference ND32345655). [1]
The RAF Skitten base was built on the remains of Skitten Broch.
Skitten broch was destroyed in the 1940s [2] during the building of the nearby Killimster aerodrome, from which Operation Freshman departed.
Sir Francis Tress Barry partially excavated Skitten broch in 1904. Ahead of its destruction in 1940, a second excavation was carried out by Charles S. T. Calder in 1940. [3]
58°29′31″N 3°09′44″W / 58.491873°N 3.162328°W
Alternative name | Kilmster broch |
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Location | Scottish Highlands |
Coordinates | 58°29′31″N 3°09′44″W / 58.491873°N 3.162328°W |
Type | Broch |
History | |
Periods | Iron Age |
Skitten Broch was an Iron Age broch located between the villages of Killimster and North Killimster in Caithness, Scotland ( grid reference ND32345655). [1]
The RAF Skitten base was built on the remains of Skitten Broch.
Skitten broch was destroyed in the 1940s [2] during the building of the nearby Killimster aerodrome, from which Operation Freshman departed.
Sir Francis Tress Barry partially excavated Skitten broch in 1904. Ahead of its destruction in 1940, a second excavation was carried out by Charles S. T. Calder in 1940. [3]