Clachtoll Broch: Celebrating an Icon in the North — Clachtoll Broch

Clachtoll Broch: Celebrating an Icon in the North

2nd October 2021

Please use the links below to access recordings of the speakers’ presentations.

Many thanks to everyone who joined Historic Assynt and AOC Archaeology Group in October 2021 for an online celebration of the broch and its story. Thanks also to Simon Gilmour of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for chairing the event.

Image of Gordon holding a wooden trophy with flint arrow head on the top — Introduction

Gordon Sleight of Historic Assynt introduces Clachtoll Broch Project

HES still.jpg — HES’s Perspective

John Raven outlines Historic Environment Scotland’s role in the project

JB still.jpg — Structural History of the Broch

AOC’s John Barber discusses the architecture of the broch

graeme arch still.jpg — The Excavations and Chronology

Graeme Cavers of AOC gives overview of the archaeology and dating evidence

dawn still.jpg — Stories from the Artefacts

AOC’s Dawn McLaren discusses the broch’s rich finds assemblage

lynne still.jpg — Soils and Sediments: Micromorphological Anlysis

AOC’s Lynne Roy talks through the secrets held within the deposits

andy still.jpg — What Objects Tell Us: Symbolism, Trade and Contacts

AOC’s Andy Heald discusses the wider significance of the artefacts

Jack still.jpg — The Broch Economy: Plants and Animals

AOC’s Jackaline Robertson discusses the flora and fauna of Clachtoll

jen still.jpg — Fish, Fishing and the Sea

Jen Harland of UHI discusses the evidence for use of marine resources

graeme context still.jpg — Clachtoll in Context

Graeme Cavers discusses the broch’s place in the wider Iron Age landscape