Publication Account
Date 2002
Event ID 585695
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
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HY51 2 STEIRO ('Broch of Steiro')
HY/50191635
Probable broch on Shapinsay I., consisting of scanty remains on the rocky bank overhanging the beach below; the building has almost been completely destroyed by the sea, but an arc of masonry of the inner wall face survives on the north-east, suggesting an overall diameter of c. 18.3 m. A scarcement is reported on this [4] which is why the site is classed as 'probable'. On the east side there is a second wallface against the interior of the building and apparently cutting it; the broch would have to have been substantially demolished before this was done [4]. A few stones of the outer face suggest a wall thickness of 3.6 m [1]. There are traces of outbuildings on the west.
Sources: 1. OS card HY 51 NW 10: 2. RCAHMS 1946, 276, 2, no. 779: 3. Hedges et al. 1987, 120: 4. Lamb 1987, 11.
E W MacKie 2002
