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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

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