Iron Age broch in Stirlingshire, Scotland
56°09′29″N 4°06′01″W / 56.158012°N 4.100374°W / 56.158012; -4.100374
Coldoch Broch is an Iron Age broch located in Stirlingshire in central Scotland (grid reference NS69649813).
Location
Coldoch Broch is located 4.5 kilometres southwest of Doune.[1] It stands on a slight rise immediately next to the flat land of the Forth Valley – originally an extensive marsh.[2] As recently as 2007 the site was described as being "overgrown with turf and weeds".[2]
Description
The broch has a maximum internal diameter of 8.8 metres and stands up to 2.4 metres in height.[2] The entrance is on the east side, and is unusually narrow. The entrance passage is about 5.8 metres long, and has no guard cell.[2] The interior of the broch has three intra-mural rooms, which are approximately rectangular in shape.[2] There is a doorway to the intra-mural stair.[2]
Excavations
The broch was apparently cleared out just before 1870, and although a plan was prepared, a report on the excavation never appeared.[2]
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