The Broch, West Houlland
Broch (Iron Age)
Site Name The Broch, West Houlland
Classification Broch (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 420
Site Number HU25SE 4
NGR HU 27463 50335
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/420
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25SE 4 2746 5032.
(HU 2746 5035) Brough (OE) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
The foundations of a broch on top of a knoll. On the south and SE the line of the outer face of the wall is sufficiently distinct to justify an estimate of approximately 61' for the over-all diameter. Dwelling- houses encroach upon the north portion of the site.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
The remains of a broch as described by the RCAHM.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(NKB) 16th June 1968.
Field Visit (8 July 1931)
Broch, West Houlland.
On the top of a knoll immediately behind a crofter's house at West Houlland, 200 ft. above the sea, are the foundations of a broch. On the S. and S.E. the line of the outer face of the wall is sufficiently distinct to justify an estimate of approximately 61 ft. for the over-all diameter. Dwelling houses encroach upon the N. portion of the site.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 8 July 1931.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
Publication Account (2002)
HU25 10 WEST HOULLAND ('The Broch').
HU/275503
Probable broch on top of a knoll in Sandsting. The outer face of the wall can be traced on the south and south-east, suggesting an overall diameter of 61 ft..
Sources: 1. OS card HU 25 SE 4: 2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1398, 102.
E W MacKie 2002
Field Visit (11 June 2010)
This broch is situated on a low knoll on the S edge of Da Broch farmsteading. Little of its structure is visible, but fragments of internal and external wall-face that are evident indicate it measures about 9m in diameter internally and about 19m overall.
Visited by RCAHMS (JH) 11 June 2010.
