Caithness Broch Project

1/5 HELLO. Some of you might be new here. Where've you been all this time? We're Caithness Broch Project, and we love brochs! What are brochs, though? They're 40ft, multi-floored Iron Age towers, thought to be houses, found only in #Scotland. AND WE WANT TO BUILD ONE!

Achcomhairle Broch. The field of the council/meeting. Has the distinction of being nearly indistinct from the landscape, it having the impression of a thumb pressed into soft clay.

One way of keeping an eye on the lambing I suppose! #details" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">trove.scot/place/8274#det… #standingstone

Scrabster Castle beside #WW2 Pillbox,Caithness (Scotland) It's thought there might be a broch underlying this medieval structure, which is thought to date to at least the 14th C. It may have even featured in the #Orkneyinga Saga! @TheBrochProject info/image turned into a mock-up

Fuck you, @bagpipes.

and then i hit em up with the ol' "you know they pose more questions than answers"

POV you're at the broch party and the guy with the crazy stones says "let's do that thing we do with these crazy stones" and then they just go right ahead and do the thing

buy a bottle of whiskey, support the reconstruction of an iron age scottish tower!!! what a sweet deal!!

@WeirdMedieval Thank youuuu!!

WE MADE A BROCH-THEMED WHISKY And every bottle purchased goes towards building A BROCH If you would like to get yerself a bottle, check the link below: whiskyblender.com/products/on-th… Thank you, pals.

BROCHS AND WHISKY WHISKY AND BROCHS It's a broch-themed whisky every purchase gets us closer to one of those 2,000 year-old bad boys Head to whiskyblender.com/products/on-th… and get yourself a bottle we really appreciate it & hope you enjoy it too!! @Whisky_Blender #whisky #brochs

An amazing document. One of the most amazing aspects is that it argues that the Picts were replaced by invading Scots. We now know this was nonsense and caused by a Viking invasion that destroyed the Pictish state … we then rebranded as Scots!

just got sent this by a pal and we are CHUFFED if you're looking for inspiration in the north, things to see and do, then check out our Caithness Adventure Map! thebrochproject.co.uk/caithness-adve…

@theiaincameron @caldamac he's thrown down the gauntlet

A few years back on a very warm day at Scotland’s second highest mountain (Ben Macdui) I found a snow-melt lochan (small lake) at 3,770ft (1,140m) above sea-level. To my knowledge it’s the highest ever swim in the U.K., unless anyone knows of another?

So, if you want to try a dram with distinction, and help support the #BigBrochBuild, then get yourself an #OnTheBrochs today! whiskyblender.com/products/on-th…

Our winning label was won by Gabriel Midgley, an artist and designer based between Yorkshire and Moray. "The main thing I intended to represent in this design was the way in which brochs were constructed. The dry stone technique makes for a very unique structure!”

OK ok, there's no IrnBroch... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿But we have something EVEN MORE SCOTTISH🤯 We're delighted to unveil our collab with @Whisky_Blender: It's the world's first Broch Whisky - "On the Brochs" - a fundraising #whisky all in aid of our #BigBrochBuild. Find out more below...

@ThereIsAMoose @irnbru pls @irnbru give us money now pls pls we beg you

@TheBrochProject @irnbru You jest but im quite sure that Irn-Bru would entertain the idea once the Broch is further along and has a visitor's centre to sell from

Delighted to announce a MONUMENTAL collabrochtion with a well-known Scottish drinks manufacturer!* Irn-Age Broch will soon be available from all outlets - from mega(lithic) stores to local querner shops - serving you up a delicious taste of Scotland!