Wag of Forse Broch, Caithness: entrance & exterior wall of an Iron Age dun robbed to build pillared long houses known as wags.

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Wag of Forse, Caithness: entrance & exterior wall of an Iron Age broch which was robbed to build pillared long houses known as wags. Wag is a local name, possibly derived from the Gaelic for 'little cave'. Part of a multi-phase settlement on moorland & farmland between Forse House & Upper Latheron. Looking SW.

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Location: Wag of Forse, Latheron, Caithness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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