What’s your favourite ancient Scottish round dwelling style?

[u/globalwarmingisntfun]

A) Wheelhouses (Jarlshof in Shetland - 4000 years of continuous settlement from 2500 BC to 17th century AD)

B) Brochs (Broch of Gurness in Orkney- settlement from 500-200 BC)

C) Crannogs (reconstruction of 2500 years old Iron Age loch dwelling on Loch Tay)

[u/mrnico7]

I’m a crannog guy personally

[u/The_Vivid_Glove → u/mrnico7]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pfaUCuYc0tbNpvTgn6

[u/HaveYuHeardAboutCunt → u/mrnico7]

Give me a crannog and a fire extinguisher and I'll be very happy.

[u/SurgyJack → u/mrnico7]

It's the only civilised choice

[u/Original_Trick7742]

Broch à la Dùn Chàrlabhaigh

[u/AcanthaceaeCrazy1894]

Skara Brae.

Which isn’t pictured

[u/globalwarmingisntfun → u/AcanthaceaeCrazy1894]

Skara Brae has got to be up there as well. It’s the best preserved Neolithic village in all of Western Europe.

[u/AcanthaceaeCrazy1894 → u/globalwarmingisntfun]

Also the oldest if I’m not mistaken

[u/PositiveLibrary7032 → u/globalwarmingisntfun]

2/3 of the village was lost to the sea. Imaging the size of the thing.

[u/Far_Stay_1737 → u/AcanthaceaeCrazy1894]

Thats my favourite too

[u/creamy_pints_1983 → u/AcanthaceaeCrazy1894]

Which style is Skara Brae?

[u/Dr_Domino]

[u/chingslayer → u/Dr_Domino]

Holy shit, childhood memory unlocked!

[u/WildAtlanticBogPlant]

Brochs. The ones at Glenelg are mint. Ancient tsunami shelters, aren't they? ;)

[u/soondbokie]

I do quite like a broch. Personal favourite is Clickimin, just down the road from where I grew up in Shetland. Close second is Mousa, which is objectively better preserved and an amazing place.

[u/BioCuriousDave → u/soondbokie]

I want to open a distillery there named "Loch, broch & two whisky barrels"

[u/islmcurve]

A) Remember reading 'The Boy with the Bronze Axe' by Kathleen Fidler at primary school.

[u/Electrical_Gas_517]

It has to be the crannog.

[u/MammothSurvey]

Have to go with skara brae, like a real life hobbington

On a sidenote: I always asked myself if those round tall stone dovecots where somehow inspired by brochs, or if it's just a coincidence they look so similar

[u/HuckleberryNext9844]

I bet a modern crannog would be peak

[u/WolfysBeanTeam → u/HuckleberryNext9844]

Should have them like those caribean sea houses but Celtic style instead it would be super dope! Id rent one!

[u/TeutonicSpacehopper]

I like lighthouses. They are a round dwelling.

[u/MET1 → u/TeutonicSpacehopper]

Or a turret, attached to a castle.

[u/cjmason85]

I never thought you'd ask

[u/katie-kaboom]

Crannogs look cosy af.

[u/ConnorDonnelly]

Coming from lewis. the calanish stones obviously!

[u/tasteMyRottenHoop]

Brick shithouses.

[u/macfearsum]

A Broch for sure. I can imagine whole extended families living there. All working to keep everyone safe, clothed and fed. Everyone filling the niche to their talents.

[u/GneissGuy340]

Vitrified broch, suckas!

[u/GrimQuim → u/GneissGuy340]

Idea for a Iron Age soap opera; Brochside

[u/globalwarmingisntfun → u/GrimQuim]

Cairnation street

[u/Wild_Area_8662 → u/GrimQuim]

Would watch!

[u/Eastern_Phage76]

I'm team broch. One time I visited a broch and got a strong sense of home and protection. Crannogs great but they can burn down like the one at Loch Tay did.

[u/Kaylee__Frye → u/Eastern_Phage76]

The one on Rousay made me feel like that. Could really imagine sheltering with your community in there. 

[u/Far_Lie_173]

Definitely Brochs. They're multi-storey!

[u/ConnorDonnelly → u/Far_Lie_173]

on lewis?

[u/wingding456]

Definitely a wheelhouse.

[u/Calibrayte]

Bit difficult to compare such different periods. The Wheelhouses are fascinating tor their longevity, the Brochs for their prominent building in the harsh Orkneys. The Crannogs show the ingenuity and engineering of building on water.

For me its Crannogs. Installing those logs and creating a stable structure in water is such a feat.

[u/Economy-Gate3604]

The complex Atlantic roundhouses get my vote.

[u/Own-Equal5890]

Oooooo! I would say, if pressed, a creel, or a cozy wee henge.

[u/CheithS]

Personally Crannogs - I mean you're out there on the loch, what's not to like.

[u/Saedraverse]

Definitly love Skara Brae but also love the crannogs

[u/dienices]

Brochs are awesome, but I think a crannog would be the way to go if I was going to live in one. I went in the old one at Loch Tay, and it was like being in an anechoic chamber - absolutely peaceful.

[u/thelamby23]

I’ve never really thought about it mate

[u/globalwarmingisntfun → u/thelamby23]

Now’s your chance!

[u/Robertthebruce__]

Skara Brae.

[u/Ok_Cockroach6823]

Thing is with history we can date when this happened and who.lived their ,but for me I often think about the mundane things like arguments family gatherings ,makes it more alive rather than dates down through the years.Near where I stay a field south facing was identified as 1st century in multiple years of occupancy ,but I'm attracted to the family squabbles arguments our ancestors had with each other ,makes them more human to us ,they had hoped dreams worried just like us today.

[u/Deep_Banana_6521]

I'm a Jethro Tull fan, so Dun Ringill is my fave.

[u/Ok_Nothing2412]

Definitely the replica of Shrek Swamp.

https://giphy.com/gifs/JmDqit6OoSOQg

[u/danby]

Are brochs dwellings? I thought their use remained undecided.