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Field Visit
Date September 1980
Event ID 619058
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619058
Entirely grassed, steep mound big enough to be a broch. In
the upper part of the mound no stonework is visible but for top
1.5m it is very steep indeed on the N, landward side. Overall
height of mound is some 3m. On both W and E sides there are
remains of modern stone boathouses or nausts built against the
mound. That on the W seems to incorporate a good deal of masonry
of the broch outer wall-face, and behind the boathouse wall is an
erosion exposure showing packed stones. Outer wall-face is
visible also some 3-4 courses high immediately above shore rocks
on SE sector. On W side there is a suggestion of an outer bank
beyond the boathouse.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Sep 80.
