Publication Account
Date 2002
Event ID 575449
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
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HU58 1 GOSSABROUGH ('Ness of Gossabrough') HU/534833
Probable broch on the south-east shore of Yell I., on a rocky knoll near the base of a promontory (overlooking a bay with sandy beaches) but in effect in the middle of farmland with modern houses near; it is almost completely destroyed, there being only a tall, grassy mound with stones projecting from the sides. The building is probably on top of a rocky knoll and the Commission was able to trace a diameter of about 17.39 m (57 ft.): the investigators also detected probable outbuildings on the north-east side. An accurate measurement of the structure is now impossible [1]. Irvine records that chambers were still visible in the middle of the 19th century [2] (visited 6/6/63).
Sources: 1. OS card HU 58 SW 1: 2. Irvine 1866: 3 RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1718, 162.
E W MacKie 2002
