Brough Lodge Broch

Heritage listing

Date Added 29/10/1969 Last Date Amended 06/07/2022 Type Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch Local Authority Shetland Islands Planning Authority Shetland Islands Parish Fetlar NGR HU 58058 92653 Coordinates 458058, 1192653 — The monument comprises the remains of a broch, a circular stone-built dwelling of Iron Age date (800BC 500AD). The broch is located on a locally prominent mound to the northeast of Brough Lodge. The mound may be natural but is likely to contain archaeological deposits relating to the broch. A later 19th century tower folly is located within the broch and is likely to be constructed from broch material. The broch survives as a low stone outer wall which is mostly turf covered but where it is exposed is up to four courses high. The broch measures around 14m in diameter, however, no features such as an entrance are discernible. Part of the interior of the broch is occupied up by a folly in the form of a tower which measures around 6m in diameter. The scheduled area is circular, measuring 40m in diameter. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument s construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. The scheduled area specifically excludes the above ground elements of all modern drystone dykes and the above ground elements of the tower folly.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.