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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 640923

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/640923

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.

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