Archaeology Hebrides Articles
The Outer Hebrides have left some remarkable monuments, some of which are highly distinctive to the region. During the Iron Age, for example, building in monumental drystone reached a climax about 2000 years ago, and in this section you can find out more about two of the most interesting types of roundhouse that this produced, the broch and the wheelhouse.
Other periods of the past have left more subtle remains, and John Raven's account of medieval Benbecula brings together the evidence to tell the story of one island in the Middle Ages.
