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Orkney's brochs
www.orkneyjar.com/history/brochs/
Well-written and presented section of the excellent Orkneyjar website, providing general background information on subjects such as how brochs developed as well as detailed information on the brochs of Orkney, where at least 120 had been built or were under construction by 100 BC. ('Orkneyjar' is the Old Norse name for Orkney.)

Rock Stanza
www.rockstanza.info
Remarkable 'free documentation license' website with a detailed and extensive information and photographic database of Iron-Age brochs in Shetland.

Towers of stone – the brochs of Scotland
http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=282072006
Archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones provides a good overview of brochs in this article for The Scotsman.

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