Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Brindister Voe
Broch (Iron Age), Causeway (Prehistoric)
Site Name Brindister Voe
Classification Broch (Iron Age), Causeway (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 373
Site Number HU25NE 6
NGR HU 28474 57177
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/373
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25NE 6 2847 5718.
(HU 2846 5720) Brough (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
All that remains of this probable broch is a small heap of debris.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931
'On the west side and nearer the shore there' is a small island, between which and the brough there is the remains of a causeway which can be seen at low spring tides only.'
Name Book 1878
All that remains of this broch is an area of heavy stone walling on the E side of an islet, which has been severely eroded. There are sufficient remains for positive identification as a broch but insufficient to assess its dimensions. A ruinous causeway runs from the islet to the W shore of the voe.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968
Field Visit (17 June 1931)
Broch (probable), near Brindister, Brindister Voe.
This broch stood on a small island a short distance from the W. shore of Brindister Voe. Nothing is left of it except a small heap of debris.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 17 June 1931.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
Publication Account (2002)
HU25 3 BRINDISTER VOE ('Brindibister Voe', ‘Brundibister Voe’)
HU/285572
Probable broch in Sandsting, on an islet a short distance from the west shore of Brindister Voe. In 1969 some heavy stone walling was seen on the east side, enough for a positive identification [1].
Sources: 1. OS card HU 25 NE 6: 2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1399, 102.
E W MacKie 2002
