Green Hill of Quoyness

Nearest town:
Stromness (7km N)
OS reference:
HY25000284
OS sheets:
6, 7
Latitude:
58° 54' 23.82 N
Longitude:
3° 18' 7.51 W
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Images

Image of Green Hill of Quoyness (Broch) by wideford

mound including broch from the ferry

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Image of Green Hill of Quoyness (Broch) by wideford

my edge on view coming up the beach from the south

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Image of Green Hill of Quoyness (Broch) by wideford

side view of mound from down on the shore

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Image of Green Hill of Quoyness (Broch) by wideford

northern half of the mound from the shore

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Image of Green Hill of Quoyness (Broch) by wideford

wall section, inner and outer wallfaces I think

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Image of Green Hill of Quoyness (Broch) by wideford

looking back at mound from the shore

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Articles

Green Hill of Quoyness

wideford
wideford Jun 14, 2017

I came at it from the south after climbing down near an old ruin but the lady occupying the nearby house pointed out that it would be safer to come along the farm road from the main road and use the modern slipway. The mound above the cliff is all tussocks of grass, folk have gone on it but I know how treachorous this vegetation can be and I was alone. The place didn’t photograph well in the light present

Miscellaneous

Green Hill of Quoyness
Broch
wideford
wideford Jun 14, 2017

NMRS record no. HY20SW 7 is 4m high 25m E/W along the coastline by 18m N/S, representing one half of the original broch as shown from the air. A well-built wall survives on the east side and further traces can be found in the SW slopes. The north side has a large hollow now used to dump rubbish. Men extracting stone for building ceased on discovering bones – in 1979 more were found in the dense tumble of the NW fringe after storm damage. And Cursiter around 1887 found cists inserted into the top of the mound itself.

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