National recognition for Broch volunteers
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CAITHNESS Broch Project's hard work in preserving the region's Iron Age heritage received national recognition this week at an awards ceremony in Glasgow.
The Scottish Heritage Awards – supported by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation – hosted a night celebrating the role of volunteers across Scotland who protect, record and promote the nation's built heritage.
Caithness Broch Project aims to create an archaeological trail around Caithness for locals and visitors alike to follow and discover the wonders of our past.
The project's ultimate goal, through authentic building techniques from the time, is to build a replica of an Iron Age broch, which would become the base for a tourist centre and drystone workshop.
A "highly commended" award was presented to the broch project which made the final three of the shortlist for the main award. It went to the Kirkmichael Trust from the Black Isle.
Caithness Broch Project chairman Kenneth McElroy said: "We are absolutely delighted to receive a highly commended from the Scottish Heritage Award organisers.
"We were nominated by an anonymous person so we would like to extend our thanks to he or she for doing so. There were around 60 to 70 entries so for us to be shortlisted within the top three is quite special. We're not gutted to be losing to the Kirkmichael Trust. We're big fans of them and they do some superb work.
"Indeed, they told us how much they admired what we do up here in Caithness."
