Brough Head

Nearest town:
Lerwick (31km NNE)
OS reference:
HU4023311254
OS sheet:
4
Latitude:
59° 53' 5.5 N
Longitude:
1° 16' 51.98 W
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Image of Brough Head (Broch) by thelonious

29/06/2023 – Brough Head broch. Lump of the broch (grassed over). Farmhouse to the left.

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thelonious Jul 9, 2023
Image of Brough Head (Broch) by thelonious

29/06/2023 – Brough Head broch at the entrance to the Pool of Virkie. Airport runway and Sumburgh Head behind.

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thelonious Jul 9, 2023
Image of Brough Head (Broch) by thelonious

29/06/2023 – Brough Head broch. Looking into what would have been the interior of the broch.

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thelonious Jul 9, 2023
Image of Brough Head (Broch) by thelonious

29/06/2023 – View of outer walls (Canmore mentions radial piers of a wheelhouse?)

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thelonious Jul 9, 2023

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Brough Head

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thelonious Jul 9, 2023

29/06/2023 – Heading back to Sumburgh in the afternoon we stopped by the Pool of Virkie, a tidal area good for birds. At the entrance are the remains of a broch and settlement.

Canmore has an old entry stating – ‘the broch may have given a name to the Pool, for ‘Virkie’ is derived from a Scandinavian word for a fort.‘

The broch is mostly destroyed by erosion. Walls can still be seen though. There looks to be the remains of outer buildings too. Maybe a large settlement like at nearby Old Scatness.

Easy access with good parking at the harbour and then just a short walk to the broch.

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