Oct 5, 2019
Broch of Gurness by captures.in.time Back to Orkney this morning and the wonder Brock of Gurness. This was the only sunrise I really got during my time on Orkney as most days started off grey. This was a real hard location to get a composition where the broch stood out from the background. Another few steps to the right led to the encroachment of a horrid wee brick tickets/ shop building. The Broch of Gurness dates back to the Iron Age which housed a substantial community between 500 to 200BC. It would have originally been about 10m high. The tower itself was inhabited by the principal family of the settlement, however in times of attack the surrounding village would also be welcomed in for protection. https://flic.kr/p/2hpvj3Y
