The Iron Age brochs shop
Fact-checked printables for ages 7 to 11, ages 11 to 14, families, history fans and visitors, plus a short list of books and kit. Every purchase helps keep this site free.
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Iron Age brochs printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, for ages 7 to 11, ages 11 to 14, families, history fans and visitors.
Iron Age Brochs Junior Topic Pack
Ages 7 to 11, schools and families
Meet Mousa Broch, label a broch tower, how a broch was built, BC-or-AD sorting cards, put-it-in-order date cards, a true-or-false quiz, a crossword where every answer is a real fact, a word search, a comic strip, a broch to colour, a certificate and a full answer key
Iron Age Brochs History Detective Pack
Ages 11 to 14
When was Mousa Broch built, and why do the sources give different dates? Six short sources with their provenance, an evidence table, a dates task, how many brochs were there, questions the sources answer differently, and a judgement task, with full answers
Iron Age Brochs Family Activity Pack
Families, ages 5 and up
Colouring pages, a broch stair maze, spot-the-difference, design your own broch, Useless the Eraser’s broch jokes and a 20-question quiz to do together
Iron Age Brochs Spotter’s Field Guide
Adult history fans and travellers
How to read a broch, walls, stairs, galleries and the way in, broch villages and wheelhouses, 12 places with what Historic Environment Scotland says about them, a timeline, open questions and a checklist
Iron Age Brochs Visit Journal
Visitors of all ages
Before-you-go checklist, what-to-spot tick lists for outside and inside a broch, six sketch pages, a log for up to 12 visits, and a visit stamps page
Iron Age Brochs Timeline & Poster Set
Classrooms and home
Six poster pages: a timeline from about 2700 BC to 2023, a broch cut in half, three kinds of broch site, the way in, wheelhouses, and brochs in numbers
Best valueThe Complete Iron Age Brochs Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $26.44 bought separately.
Free sample
Try before you buy: a free 6-page Iron Age brochs printables sample. A4 PDF (254 KB) or US Letter PDF (255 KB).
Books & kit
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Books
- Books on brochs (affiliate link)Look for books that cite their sources.
- Books on Iron Age Scotland (affiliate link)For the bigger story of the period.
- Iron Age books for children (affiliate link)For young readers aged about 7 to 11.
Days out
- Compact binoculars (affiliate link)Handy for looking at the top of a tall tower from the ground.
- A5 sketchbooks (affiliate link)For drawing walls, stairs and doorways.
Modelling
- Air-dry clay (affiliate link)For building your own model broch, two walls and all.