Archaeology Notes
Event ID 640923
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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HP40SE 1 4781 0338
(HP 4779 0344) Brough (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1909).
The outer is a wall of large, independent, set stones which from afar give the impression of a rather coarse 'chevaux de frise'. Behind this the tail of the promontory is defended by the 'block-house' wall, 35' long and 13' thick. The entrance passage appears to have been at the southern extremity of this wall. A fragment of a rough retaining wall which has apparently been carried round the top of the cliffs is still identifiable.
RCAHMS 1946
A 'block-house' fort on a precipitous promontory, across the neck of which two lines of defence have been drawn.
R W Feacham 1963
As described.
Visited by OS (RL) 11 May 1969.
Scheduled as Burgi Geos, promontory fort... a promontory fort of later prehistoric, perhaps Iron Age, date.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 13 May 2006.