Mousa, view of broch
SC 346143
Description Mousa, view of broch
Catalogue Number SC 346143
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 94064 CS
Scope and Content Broch known as the Broch of Mousa at Mousa, Shetland The Broch of Mousa stands on a low rocky headland on the W side of the island. The broch of Burraland stands opposite on the mainland. It has been cleared out twice in recent times and remains the best preserved of all the brochs in Scotland. This is a view of the exterior of the broch. The walls stand almost to their original height and the broch is virtually complete. The wall tapers inwards slightly closer to the top, where the overall diameter tapers to 12 m. The broch is mentioned twice in the Orkneyinga Saga where it is called Moseyjarborg. One of these occasions was in AD 1153 when it was used by Earl Harald. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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