Edin’s Hall Broch

Edin’s Hall Broch south east of Abbey St Bathans. It is one of few brochs found in southern Scotland. It stands on the northeast slope of Cockburn Law just above a steep slope down to the Whiteadder Water. The broch stands in the northwest corner of an Iron Age hillfort, which presumably pre-dates the broch. The hillfort consists of a double rampart and ditches.

It is assumed that the hillfort dates to the Iron Age. The date of the broch is uncertain, but it has been speculated that it was built between the two main periods of Roman occupation in Scotland: sometime in the 2nd century AD.

The broch has an external diameter of 28 metres and an internal diameter of 17 metres. This is unusually large compared with a typical Highland broch and suggests that it may not have been as tall as the northern brochs. The walls of the broch survive to a height of between 1.0 and 1.8 metres. The entrance passage is on the east side and has two guard chambers flanking the doorway. The interior of the broch has three intramural cells which are all approximately dumbbell shaped. The cell on the south side has the remains of a stone stairway at its north end which presumably rose to the wallhead.