Field Visit

Date 9 May 2013

Event ID 968007

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/968007

What remains of this broch and its later external settlement is situated on a well-formed natural terrace above the sea cliffs on the N side of Scapa Bay, immediately SW of the mouth of the Lingo Burn. There is a fine outlook S over Scapa Bay, but the site, which is marked by a distinct swelling 0.3m high in the E corner of a field of improved pasture, is overlooked by sharply rising ground to the W. No trace of structures can be detected on the ground surface and no stonework is visible.

The broch (or ‘Brough’) is shown on the 1st and 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney 1882 and 1903, Sheet CVIII).

Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 9 May 2013.