Voe Of Browland
Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Voe Of Browland
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 190407
Site Number HU25SE 63
NGR HU 26126 50407
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/190407
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25SE 63 2612 5041
An enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xlvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 22 May 2001.
Field Visit (14 June 2010)
Both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 and 1903, sheet XLVI) depict what was probably an enclosure adjacent to the foreshore on the W side of the Voe of Browland. Subrectangular on plan on the earlier map and pear-shaped on the later, the structure measured about 20m from NNW to SSE by up to about 8.5m transversely. No trace of the enclosure was seen on the date of visit in an area of shoreline that has been severely eroded in the past one hundred years.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 14 June 2010.
