@Heinz Ich kann das sehr gut nachvollziehen. @giesbert schrieb heute davon, ob Brochs "Schlafwandler" nicht neue Aktualität bekämen. In Bezug auf den Klimawandel würde ich das absolut bestätigen: Die Menschen scheinen keine Vorstellung von dem Ausmaß der Katastrophe zu haben, die wir uns da einhandeln. Wenn nicht 1 Million, sondern eine Milliarde Menschen nach Europa kommen. Oder der Amoc versiegt. Wir aber tun so, als ob das eine Wetteranomalie wäre, 1/3
Ancient #doorsday
Dun Telve, an iron-age broch near Glenelg, Scotland. The whole valley is wonderful and one of the most atmospheric places I've had the privilege to spend time in.
Lunchtime run.
Had to visit the @WedaleBooks, so difficult 😆 so we made a virtue of a necessity and did the run up to the Broch and had to seek sustenance in The Wild Hare Cafe. 8k but steep, mainly tracks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Castle_Broch
Anns an t-saoghal chuthach, dhona seo, tèarmann beag sìthe agus socair.
#Stow #ScottishBorders #Broch #running #BorderCollie #Books #DogsOfMastodon #Gaeilge
If we look further back, those tower houses may, themselves, have been inspired by older building going all the way back to the iron age brochs of Atlantic Scotland, some of which, like the 13 metre tall Broch of Mousa, still stand to this day and are a testament to the strength of this style of building.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #lighthouse #scottishhistory #scotland #broch #lighthousestevensons #brochofmousa
Miller's design was inspired, at least in part, by the Scottish Baronial tradition encapsulated by 16th century tower houses, and I wonder if Stevenson was similarly inspired when looking for a design for a lighthouse which could withstand the full force of the formidable waves and swell whipped by Scottish winter storms.
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Looking up at one of the tower-like stairwells of James Miller's ealy 1900s Glasgow Royal Infirmary buildings, I was struck by how similar they are to the lighthouses designed by Robert Stevenson almost a century earlier, such as the one on the Bell Rock (the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse).
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For #TravelThursday here's the Broch of Clickimin near Lerwick on Shetland which we looked around in 2024. It can be dated to at least the early Iron Age although its actual function, like all brochs, is not clear. Farmsteads, status symbols, and fortifications all have supporters but also those who disagree. Archaeologists, eh? What are they like?
#Travel #Photography #Scotland #Shetland #Lerwick #Broch #Clickimin #Archaeology #History #IronAge
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crouching tower, hidden fir tree… #broch
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