Description

The monumnent comprises the remains of a broch, a fortified dwelling of Iron Age date, together with the remains of associated structures and outer defences. The broch was scheduled in 1938, but the protected area defined at that date was inadequate to include all of the features of importance. Hence this extension.

The broch survives as a large mound, largely grass-grown but showing sufficient structural detail to discern an overall diameter of 17m and an internal diameter of 9m. It stands over 1.5m high. There are many large flat stones, possibly lintels, strewn across the site. The broch's entrance is in the NW. To the SW and NNW of the broch are the remains of an outer rampart or defensive wall which, together with a shallow ditch, may once have encircled the site.

The area now to be scheduled is a circle 60m in diameter, to include the broch, the outer works and an area around, within which evidence of the broch's construction and use is likely to survive. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland