Ness Of Woodwick
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Ness Of Woodwick
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 2695
Site Number HY42SW 9
NGR HY 4007 2487
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2695
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Evie And Rendall
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY42SW 9 4007 2487.
(HY 4007 2486) Brough (NR)
OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The remains of a broch, buried beneath a mound of considerable size. The outer wall can be traced for about 20 ft towards the NE on the seaward side. So far as can be judged the internal diameter has been from 25 to 30 ft and the overall diameter from 50 to 60 ft. No refuse deposit was observed in the vicinity.
RCAHMS 1946.
The remains of a broch, as described except that the outer walling is now overgrown and can only be seen for a short distance.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 7 June 1967.
Publication Account (2002)
HY42 3 NESS OF WOODWICK
HY/40072486
Possible broch in Evie and Rendall, buried inside a large mound close to the shore. The curved “outer wall” (presumably the outer wall face) could be traced on NE side for about 6.6 m (20 ft.) [2] but is now nearly overgrown [1].
Sources: 1. OS card HY 42 SW 9: 2. RCAHMS 1946, 2, no. 264, 79: 3. Hedges et al. 1987, 62.
E W MacKie 2002
