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
