The best-preserved broch in Scotland looks STUNNING from the sky! We're counting down the hours to Wednesday evening when the second series of Scotland from the Sky starts on BBC One. In this sneak peek, presenter James Crawford explores the mysterious Mousa Broch in Shetland. Discover more about Mousa: http://ow.ly/4n9Y30or74i | Historic Scotland

Come along on a virtual tour of Scotland's best-preserved broch on the Isle of Mousa in Shetland! If this has piqued your interest in brochs be sure to come to our A Journey Through Scotland's Past: Age of Iron lecture next Thursday! Visit Mousa: http://ow.ly/Hxzc309Mbg7 #HHA2017 | Historic Scotland

This amazing structure is Dun Carloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis. It's a 2000 year old Iron Age tower, but don't just skip this one if ancient history isn't your thing, there are more recent stories to be found here. Structurally, brochs are simply drystone towers (built without mortar), circular in shape with a staircase rising between inner and outer walls. They appear across Scotland roughly between the 1st Century BC and 1st Century AD. Several stories high, you find these ruins mostly in t