Stronsay, Rothiesholm, Hillock Of Baywest
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Stronsay, Rothiesholm, Hillock Of Baywest
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 3383
Site Number HY62SW 1
NGR HY 6190 2425
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3383
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stronsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY62SW 1 6190 2425.
(HY 6190 2425) Hillock of Baywest (NR)
Brough (NR)
OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A rugged and much-broken mound about 8' high which may be a broch. It is almost entirely covered with fine turf through which dilapidated and disconnected fragments of rude building project here and there. Published as a broch by OS on strength of its inclusion in Petrie's list of brochs.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928; Name Book 1879; G Petrie 1873.
Hillock of Baywest, a broch mound c22.5m in diameter and 3.2m high, occupying an "island" in a marshy area, probably a drained loch. The S arc of the outer face is visible for a distance of 3.5m and a height of five courses.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500
Visited by OS(NKB) 17 July 1970.
This substantial broch mound, 22.5m in diameter and 3.2m high, rises from a broad platform covering a much larger area. The whole is surrounded by marshy land and may once have been an islet.
Visited July 1979
RCAHMS 1984.
Field Visit (July 1979)
As described OS. The main broch mound rises from a broader
mound, approximately three times its own area, which stands above
the marsh level and probably represents outworks and/or
outbuildings.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jul 79.
Publication Account (2002)
HY62 1 HILLOCK OF BAYWEST
HY61902425
Probable broch on Stronsay, a rugged and broken mound 22.5 m in diameter and 3.2 m high; it is situated on an “island” in low-lying, boggy ground, probably a drained loch. The south arc of the outer face is visible for 3.5 m and to a height of five courses [1].
Sources: 1. OS card HY 62 SW 1: 2. RCAHMS 1946, 2, no. 949, 329: 3. Hedges et al. 1987, 124: 4. Lamb 1984, 24.
E W MacKie 2002
