{"id":28819,"date":"2021-01-12T16:53:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28819"},"modified":"2021-01-12T16:53:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:53:29","slug":"caithness-iron-age-stone-tower-conserved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28819","title":{"rendered":"Caithness Iron Age stone tower conserved"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbc_120121.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28820\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbc_120121.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a>Conservation work has been completed on an Iron Age drystone tower that was damaged by Victorian archaeologists.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BBC News writes:<\/p>\n<p>The ruins of Ousdale Burn Broch, north of Helmsdale in Caithness, had fallen into further disrepair over the past 130 years.<\/p>\n<p>A wall near the entrance to the broch had collapsed and a tree was growing inside the structure.<\/p>\n<p>Conservation work was delayed by the Covid pandemic and by a caravan being dumped by fly-tippers at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Brochs date back to 2,000 years ago and were built to heights of more than 12m (40ft).<\/p>\n<p>It is thought they were used as dwellings, perhaps for local chieftains. Caithness is home to about 200 brochs.<\/p>\n<p>Ousdale broch was once been described as one of the best preserved brochs in Caithness&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Caithness Broch Project, secured \u00a3180,000 of funding for the work.<\/p>\n<p>The project&#8217;s Kenneth McElroy said Ousdale broch had been in a &#8220;sorry state&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;We thought within a few years it might be lost forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the conservation work was provided from Historic Environment Scotland&#8217;s historic repair grant scheme, Highland leader programme and Beatrice Caithness community fund.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-55230814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservation work has been completed on an Iron Age drystone tower that was damaged by Victorian archaeologists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28821,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28819\/revisions\/28821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}