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Treasured Places
Event ID 567404
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Treasured Places
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/567404
Situated on the NE coast of Shapinsay, the walls of the Iron Age broch at Burroughston still stand above first-floor level in places. Its entrance and adjacent 'guard' cell are similarly well preserved, while a wall, ditch and rampart, which probably once encircled the broch, are evident around the structure. These extra defences may have been constructed because of the broch's low-lying position in the landscape.
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 14 August 2007
Ritchie, A and Ritchie, G 1998
