The Caithness Broch Project is a Scottish charity which aims to promote the county of Caithness as a heritage tourism destination. Established as a company in October 2013 and granted charitable status in January 2016, the organisation highlights the region’s archaeological landscape, particularly the numerous brochs (Iron Age drystone towers), which have earned Caithness the reputation of being "the home of the broch". There are a greater number of brochs in Caithness than in any other region of Scotland, with over half of all known sites found in the area. The ultimate goal of the organisation is to build a replica broch, which will serve as a tourist attraction and act as an important project in experimental archaeology. Alyn Smith, Scottish National Party MEP, has credited the project with being a "model example of community-led activism". Project aims and objectives The aims of the Caithness Broch Project include, amongst others: the promotion and preservation of existing archaeological sites in Caithness, by improving signage, access, and information releases; the creation of an archaeological trail around Caithness, intended for use by both local residents and visitors, to encourage awareness of the area’s heritage; the construction of a replica Iron Age broch and accompanying visitor centre, using authentic building techniques, which will eventually serve as a tourist attraction and drystone dyking workshop. To date, the organisation has led a number of community outreach events, including conservation work at Ousdale Broch, a broch exhibition featuring a 10,000-piece Lego broch built by Brick to the Past, and engagement activities in schools and with existing archaeological groups in the county. To coincide with VisitScotland’s Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology in 2017, the project coordinated the Caithness Broch Festival, a year-long archaeology festival that included field walking, archaeological survey, and other hands-on archaeological activities, with Scottish newspaper The National acting as media partner. The festival was part of a three-year project undertaken to raise awareness of and learn more about brochs. More recently, work has been carried out at brochs at Achvarasdal, Thing’s Va, Keiss, and Ousdale, where new interpretive signage has been installed and access to sites has been significantly improved. Accompanying leaflets with more detailed information were produced. The project also worked with ‘Flows to the Future’ to create an information panel at Loch Rangag. Additionally, online maps of the region’s brochs and other archaeological attractions have been created and are freely available. Caithness