Condition

2
BROCH
Iron Age
1390
Shetland

Description

A massive double bank and ditch flanking the eastern side of the site of a broch which has now completely eroded, except for a sliver of the eastern side of the broch mound. A circular mound at the southern end of the banks and ditches is presumably an element of the broch complex. Erosion has exposed clean sections through the inner bank, the inner ditch and the central mound. The banks and mound are constructed with up-cast material from the ditches, which buries and preserves the former soil horizon. Rare fragments of very decayed pottery were observed in the up-cast forming the mound. There is evidence of stone facing on the banks. The section through the inner ditch has exposed a sequence of waterlogged and anaerobic silt and clay deposits at the base of the ditch containing preserved plant material. A mat of vegetation was observed at the base of one part of the ditch. These are sealed by boulder sized demolition debris, probably from the broch structures. The potential for preservation of high quality paleao-environmental evidence from the buried soil horizons and the waterlogged ditch deposits is high. Site visit 25 Feb 2018 As described. Photographs taken and sketch sections drawn.

Location

457808.00
1193333.00
27700
60.6192055
-0.9456359

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Feb 2018: View of section, facing north 27/02/2018 Feb 2018: View of section, facing north keenofhamar
Feb 2018: View of section, facing north
Feb 2018: View along section facing north 27/02/2018 Feb 2018: View along section facing north keenofhamar
Feb 2018: View along section facing north
Feb 2018: General view of section, facing north 27/02/2018 Feb 2018: General view of section, facing north keenofhamar
Feb 2018: General view of section, facing north
November 2016 Detail of section through north end of inner bank and ditch 19/05/2015 November 2016 Detail of section through north end of inner bank and ditch Samantha
November 2016 Detail of section through north end of inner bank and ditch
November 2016 detail of section through north end of outer bank and ditch 19/05/2015 November 2016 detail of section through north end of outer bank and ditch Samantha
November 2016 detail of section through north end of outer bank and ditch
Mound at south end of banks and ditches, looking southeast 19/05/2015 Mound at south end of banks and ditches, looking southeast training1
Mound at south end of banks and ditches, looking southeast
Stone structures visible in north facing secion through southern end of inner bank, looking North 19/05/2015 Stone structures visible in north facing secion through southern end of inner bank, looking North training1
Stone structures visible in north facing secion through southern end of inner bank, looking North
Detail of buried soil in broch mound 19/05/2015 Detail of buried soil in broch mound training1
Detail of buried soil in broch mound
Section through eastern edge of broch mound 19/05/2015 Section through eastern edge of broch mound training1
Section through eastern edge of broch mound
Detail of organic preservation at base of ditch 19/05/2015 Detail of organic preservation at base of ditch training1
Detail of organic preservation at base of ditch
Detail of deposits in inner ditch 19/05/2015 Detail of deposits in inner ditch training1
Detail of deposits in inner ditch
Detail of section through north end of inner bank and ditch 19/05/2015 Detail of section through north end of inner bank and ditch training1
Detail of section through north end of inner bank and ditch
Detail of section through north end of outer bank and ditch 19/05/2015 Detail of section through north end of outer bank and ditch training1
Detail of section through north end of outer bank and ditch
Composite section through earthworks, looking east 19/05/2015 Composite section through earthworks, looking east training1
Composite section through earthworks, looking east
Earthworks, labelled, looking south 19/05/2015 Earthworks, labelled, looking south training1
Earthworks, labelled, looking south

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