Orkney Smr Note

Event ID 620627

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Orkney Smr Note

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The remains of a probable broch known as Weems Castle extend over an area of from 60 to 70ft in diameter on the Castle Taing. On the landward side the headland has been defended by two concentric ramparts, which are more than 12ft wide, and 5ft high in some parts. The remains are almost completely overgrown. Such

fragmentary pieces of building as can still be observed show the use of lime mortar, and are therefore, presumably not original. Low describes it as a small rock fort....having the remains of a rampart towards the land, the dimensions very small, has been, like most others round the coast, circular, but not so much as a foundation stone remains. This description confirms that the remains are in all probability those of a broch. [R1] + [R2]

Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]