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In archaeology, a broch /brɒx/ is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s.
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The extracted context around Broch shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Broch → Ancient, Antiquarians, Atlantic Scotland, Brochs, Burgan, Burgawater, Historical Monuments, Lowland Scots, Old Norse, Place, RCAHMS, Researcher Euan MacKie, Royal Commission, Scandinavian Scotland, Scotland, Scottish, Shetland, The Shetland Amenity Trust Another extracted example is Broch → Although, Annan Castle, Borders, Bow Castle Broch, Caithness, Dumfries, Edin's Hall Broch, Galloway, Hebrides, Highlands, Islands, Northern Isles, Scotland, Stirling, Sutherland. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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brochs scotland shetland archaeologists may found scottish mackie euan atlantic orkney archaeological caithness sutherland sites sometimes century west northern built
TTTA extracted 63 structured relationships around Broch. Examples in this analysis include Burgawater → instance of → Place names in Scandinavian Scotland and Dun Dornaigil → instance of → Some brochs. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgawater | instance of | Place names in Scandinavian Scotland | 0.80 | text |
| Burgan show that Old Norse borg is the older word used for these structures in the north | instance of | Place names in Scandinavian Scotland | 0.80 | text |
| Dun Dornaigil | instance of | Some brochs | 0.80 | text |
| Culswick in Shetland have unusual triangular lintels above the entrance door.As in the case of Old Scatness in Shetland | instance of | Some brochs | 0.80 | text |
| drystone walling | instance of | New broch plannedThe Caithness Broch Project was set up in 2013 as a project in experimental archaeology to build a broch using traditional techniques | 0.80 | text |
| drystone wall building | instance of | preservation of local skills in techniques | 0.80 | text |
| and to attract tourists | instance of | preservation of local skills in techniques | 0.80 | text |
| Broch | related to Distribution | Scotland | 0.60 | section |
| Broch | related to Distribution | Caithness | 0.60 | section |
| Broch | related to Distribution | Sutherland | 0.60 | section |
| Broch | related to Distribution | Northern Isles | 0.60 | section |
| Broch | related to Distribution | Hebrides | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Broch bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Sites, Scotland and Caithness. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Broch, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Broch with Structures. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Broch to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Structures, Origin and definition & Purposes, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Broch · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout
