Bressay, Cullingsburgh
Broch (Iron Age)
Site Name Bressay, Cullingsburgh
Classification Broch (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 1288
Site Number HU54SW 6
NGR HU 52106 42312
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Bressay
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU54SW 6 5210 4231.
( HU 521 424 ) Brough (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1902).
'A high mound of stones, formerly a Brough'.
Name Book 1878.
At HU 5208 4231 are the tumbled remains of a broch, greatly mutilated by the building of dry-stone dykes, as described by the RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (NKB) 16 May 1968.
Field Visit (9 July 1930)
Broch (probable) Cullingsburgh: The position of the ruined broch at Cullinsgburgh is indicated by a rough stony knoll, 12 ft high, at the NW corner of the graveyard adjoining St Mary’s Church. No remains of walling are now visible, but some typical broch-relics, such as hammer-stones and a whetstone, were picked up on the site at the time of visit.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 9 July 1930.
Publication Account (2002)
HU54 3 CULLINGSBURGH HU/521423
Possible broch on Bressay I., consisting of a rough, stony knoll 3.66 m (12 ft.) high at the north-west corner of the graveyard. No traces of walling are now visible. Possibly Iron Age artefacts, like hammer stones and a whetstones, were recovered from the site [2].
Sources: 1. OS card HU 54 SW 6: 2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1086, 4.
E W MacKie 2002
