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

Submitted by Pab on Sunday, 29 October 2006  Page Views: 11365

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Loch of Houlland
Country: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: HU2140079160  Landranger Map Number: 3
Latitude: 60.495546N  Longitude: 1.612331W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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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Loch of Houlland
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab : The broch at the Loch of Houlland is one of about 120 around the coast of Shetland. It is very close to the lighthouse at Echaness, which must have some of the most spectacular sea scenery in the UK. It would be hard to improve on the description given in the very informative guide I used in Shetland (written by Peter Guy: Walking the Coastline of Shetland, ISBN:1904746179) - "The broch dominates ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
pab writes... The broch at the Loch of Houlland is one of about 120 around the coast of Shetland. It is very close to the lighthouse at Echaness, which must have some of the most spectacular sea scenery in the UK.

It would be hard to improve on the description given in the very informative guide I used in Shetland (written by Peter Guy: Walking the Coastline of Shetland, ISBN:1904746179) - "The broch dominates a small promontory which juts out from the NW into the loch. It is an impressive ruin with walls on the N & NE surviving to a height of 12ft. Overall diameter is 57ft and the wall is 15ft thick."

Although the impression from a distance is one of rubble, it is easy to still see the massive nature of the wall's scale and construction, and even to see evidence of the internal cells and staircase built inside the walls.

Note: Some splendid photos and nice description of this remote site recently in from pab.
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Loch of Houlland
Loch of Houlland submitted by howe : Foundations of buildings outside the broch. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Loch of Houlland
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab : This is the magnificent setting and spectacle the 'guardians' of the broch on the Loch of Houlland will have had: this taken from the Eshaness Lighthouse looking north. The Loch is just over the headland, out of shot to the right. (Site visited 6th October 2006) (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Loch of Houlland submitted by SandyG : View from south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Loch of Houlland submitted by SandyG : View from south west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Loch of Houlland submitted by SandyG : Northern external wall of the broch.

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Loch of Houlland submitted by SandyG : View from north west.

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Loch of Houlland submitted by optimistic20814 : The lovely ruined broch at Loch Houlland near Esha Ness lighthouse

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Loch of Houlland submitted by SolarMegalith : Loch of Houlland broch in ts landscape context - view from the south (photo taken on June 2015).

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Loch of Houlland submitted by SolarMegalith : Best preserved sector of masonry in Loch of Houlland broch (photo taken on June 2015).

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

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Loch of Houlland submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of the broch at promontory of Loch of Houlland (photo taken on June 2015).

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Loch of Houlland submitted by h_fenton : Composite image of the Loch of Houlland broch, derived from Kite Aerial Photograph s. 23 September 2014

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Loch of Houlland submitted by h_fenton : Loch of Houlland broch from the north east. Kite Aerial Photograph 23 September 2014

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Loch of Houlland submitted by howe : The ruined entrance with traces of a side cell.

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Loch of Houlland submitted by howe : The track toward the broch. The promontory is blocked by a stone-faced bank.

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Loch of Houlland submitted by howe : View of the broch from the south west. The nearby causeway to an island in the loch may be modern.

Loch of Houlland
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab : View south over the Loch of Houlland and its broch. The next broch south in the chain around the Shetland coast was sited on the hill at Sae Breck which can be located on this picture from the square remains on the horizon of the WWll building which was built on the same site. There are no readily identifiable remnants of the Sae Breck broch, but its position can be located through the trig ...

Loch of Houlland
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab : View of Loch of Houlland from the west back over the Holes of Scraada. Looking inland over the Holes of Scraada and the Loch of Houlland, the broch can be seen above a line of ruins. These are 3 'horizontal mills' which were powered by the outlet from the loch, a common feature on burns in Shetland. From the size of many stones in the mills, it seemed quite likely that much building material migh...

Loch of Houlland
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab : Looking W over the broch to the sea. View over the Loch of Houlland to the broch and the outlet from the loch into the cavernous Holes of Scraada. The Holes of Scraada were formed when the rof of a sea cave collapsed, leaving a hole some 30 metres deep with a passage through to the sea.

Loch of Houlland
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab : The Broch on the Loch of Houlland taken 7th Oct 2006 from the NNE, with the tip of Echaness Lighthouse just visible over the cliff edge top left of the picture. Just follow the sheep tracks from the car park!

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3D model of Loch of Houlland broch by h_fenton on Monday, 21 December 2015
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3D model of Loch of Houlland broch derived from Kite Aerial Photographs. taken on 23 September 2014


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Re: Loch of Houlland by h_fenton on Thursday, 19 February 2015
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Grid Reference: HU 21400 79160
Accuracy: 5 [Updated]
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Re: Loch of Houlland by PAB on Sunday, 15 October 2006
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The broch at the Loch of Houlland is one of about 120 around the coast of Shetland. It is very close to the lighthouse at Echaness, which must have some of the most spectacular sea scenery in the UK. It would be hard to improve on the description given in the very informative guide I used in Shetland (written by Peter Guy: Walking the Coastline of Shetland, ISBN:1904746179) - "The broch dominates a small promontory which juts out from the NW into the loch. It is an impressive ruin with walls on the N & NE surviving to a height of 12ft. Overall diameter is 57ft and the wall is 15ft thick." Although the impression from a distance is one of rubble, it is easy to still see the massive nature of the wall's scale and construction, and even to see evidence of the internal cells and staircase built inside the walls.

For a good idea of what the broch will have originally looked like, go to the page for the Mousa Broch.
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Re: Loch of Houlland by PAB on Sunday, 15 October 2006
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Condition:2
Ambience:3
Access:4 (easy flat access across cliff tops from car park at Echaness Lighthouse)
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