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Definition of Broch
1. Noun. (historical) An Iron Age Scottish stone tower with hollow double-skinned walls. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Broch
1. broach [v -ED, -ING, -S] / a circular tower [n -S] - See also: broach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broch
Literary usage of Broch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scotland in Pagan Times by Joseph Anderson (1883)
"185 General Plan of broch and its fortifications on Cockburn Law, Berwickshire .
. . . . .187 Masonry of broch on Cockburn Law . . . .188 Ground Plan and ..."
2. Scotland in Pagan Times: The Iron Age by Joseph Anderson (1883)
"222 Ground Plan of broch of Yarhouse, Caithness . . . 224 Circular Brooch of
Brass from a Burial in the mound covering the ruins of broch of Yarhouse ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1882)
"This broch and its outhouses stands on a rugged promontory, ... The walls of the
broch on the west and east sides overlook precipices 60 to 80 feet high. ..."
4. Report of Historical and Technical Information Relating to the Problem of by United States Bureau of Naval Personnel, John T. Sullivan (1883)
"broch. in 4. Notice sur le Golfo Dulce dans l'état de Costa-Rica ... broch. in 8.
Forêts vierges, voyages dans l'Amérique du Sud et l'Amérique Centrale. ..."
5. Archæology and False Antiquities by Robert Munro (1905)
"... of Saxon origin, is figured by Akerman ; - and a specimen (Fig. 47) from the
broch of ... PENANNULAR BROOCHES FROM LONDON, WOODCUTS, AND THE broch OK ..."
6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1889)
"Only one specimen of bone found was faintly suggestive of the broch-men. It is
3 inches in length by 2 in width, thin, and very much decayed. ..."
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