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<< Our Photo Pages >> Broch of Burland - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Shetland

Submitted by h_fenton on Saturday, 24 January 2015  Page Views: 5859

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Broch of Burland
Country: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Lerwick
Map Ref: HU44553607
Latitude: 60.106808N  Longitude: 1.200522W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Broch of Burland viewed from the south. Kite Aerial Photograph 15 September 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Broch of Burland measures twenty metres in diameter and stands to over three metres high. Situated on a 50 metre wide by 120m long promontory, vertical cliffs form three sides of the promontory, while the neck of the promontory is protected by three cross banks (originally stone faced) with external ditches.

Viewed from the landward side the site seems a little unimpressive, a series of banks and a grassy mound, but on the south side the outer wall of the broch survives to a height of about three metres. The interior of the broch at first site appears small but this is a secondary structure hollowed out within the collapse of the broch. The entrance to the broch stands very close to the edge of the cliff.

The entrance passageway is in a state of partial collapse and is mostly choked with debris. The entrance to a guard cell to the right of the passage is no longer accessible, although the roof of the cell has collapsed (or been deliberately broken into) revealing a cavity 2.2metres deep to the top of the collapsed material in the cell. Traces of an intra-mural gallery can be seen in the circuit of the broch wall.

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Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Broch of Burland viewed from the west showing the entrance passage and its proximity to the cliff edge. Kite Aerial Photograph 15 September 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Broch of Burland and its defensive banks viewed from the north. Kite Aerial Photograph 15 September 2014 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : The Broch of Burland on its promontory, viewed from the west. 15 September 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : The south wall of the Broch of Burland. Scale 1 metre. 15 September 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by SolarMegalith : Broch of Burland - the entrance passage (photo taken on June 2015).

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by SolarMegalith : Broch of Burland and its best preserved sector of outer wall-face (photo taken on June 2015).

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by SolarMegalith : Interior of Burland broch - view from the east (photo taken on June 2015).

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by SolarMegalith : Broch of Burland in its landscape context - view from the west (photo taken on June 2015).

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Viewed from the west showing the profiles of the defensive banks and the broch mound. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : A panorama of the Broch of Burland viewed from the north showing the defensive banks and the broch mound. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Cliff on the east side of the promontory which the Broch of Burland sits on, the broch mound is visible on the right. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Interior of the Broch of Burland viewed from the north. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Interior of the broch of Burland viewed from the south. Scale 1 metre. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Part of the intra-mural gallery of the Broch of Burland. The scale is 1 metre long and has been dropped into the void to indicate depth. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Looking into the top of the guard cell, the walls splay out inside. Scale 1 metre. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Inside the guard cell, it is about 2.2metres from the top of the debris to the opening in the top of the cell. Scale 1 metre. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Entrance passage choked with collapse debris. Scale 1 metre. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Photo showing collapsed entrance passage (bottom) and void above. Scale 1 metre. 15 September 2014

Broch of Burland
Broch of Burland submitted by h_fenton : Detail photo showing the entrance passage as is pushes towards the centre of the broch. 15 September 2014

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