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Interesting news · 22 October 2025
Scotland to Build Its First Broch in 2,000 Years in Caithness
Caithness · from bbc.co.uk
Photograph · bbc.co.uk
Planning permission has been granted for the construction of a replica Iron Age broch near Latheron, Caithness, marking the first new broch in Scotland in 2,000 years.
Brochs are tall, double-walled drystone towers unique to Scotland, historically used as fortified dwellings. The Caithness Broch Project aims to use traditional building techniques to recreate the structure as an archaeological experiment.
The project also envisions the broch as an eastern gateway to the Flow Country UNESCO World Heritage Site. The initiative has secured a site and landowner support but still requires funding for construction, which is expected to take several years.
A four-star hotel on the banks of the River Thurso at Halkirk, a fishing hotel with a panelled lounge, a bar and a restaurant, a short drive from Thurso and the Orkney ferry.
The domed brick drum on the north bank of the Clyde, opposite the Radisson RED at the SEC campus, is to open again in May 2027 as The Rotunda and Roundhouse.
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