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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Knowe of Burrian (Frotoft)Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Kirkwall Nearest Village: Trumland
Map Ref: HY40062745
Latitude: 59.129627N Longitude: 3.048979W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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NMRS record no. HY42NW 13 mostly carried away by the sea and suffered from quarrying, but fragments of masonry along the shore show it is a broch and fallen stones are heaped up landward. A substantial steep-sided ~2m high mound represents the N section and there is a possible outer bank beyond a naust on the W side (there is a corresponding naust on the E side). Coincidentally it is in the same position relative to the Langsteen that the Knowe of Hunclett is to a modern standing stone.
For more information see Canmore ID 2627 which says: "Knowe of Burrian: A considerable portion of this knoll has been carried away by the sea, and it has also suffered severely through quarrying ..... a substantial, steep mound containing a broch. Stone-built nausts or boat-houses are constructed against the broch on the E and W sides. Beyond the boat-house on the W, there are some indications of an outer bank."
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