Field Visit
Date 30 May 1968
Event ID 642670
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/642670
HU43SW 2 4466 3035.
(HU 4466 3035) Brough (OE)
HU 4468 3036. A mutilated turf-covered mound, c.2.5m. high, hollowed in the centre, conceals the remains of a broch. A few outer facing stones, visible at intervals, except in the south indicate an overall diameter of 19.5 to 20.0m.
On the landward side of the mound is a disturbed area of ground with large elongated hollows (caused by subsidence) astride the narrow neck of land joining the headland to the mainland.
The two extremities of a curving rampart c.1.0m. high which has crossed the neck of the promontory are probably accentuated by quarrying which has destroyed most of it, and there is the suggestion of a second rampart, now surrounded by a fence, outside the E extremity of the first.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(AA) 30th May 1968.
