Archaeological sites · Scottish Islands
Mousa Broch
Shetland's 13m Iron Age broch — the best-preserved in Scotland, 2,000 years old.
Russel Wills — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
Mousa Broch is located in the Scottish Islands, with coordinates 60.0017 latitude and -1.1825 longitude. There is no nearest railway station or postcode provided, and entry is free. Accessibility details are not specified.
About
Mousa Broch on the small uninhabited island of Mousa in Shetland is the tallest and best-preserved Iron Age broch in Scotland — 13 metres high, 2,000 years old, with internal stairs you can still climb to the top. Boat trips run from Sandwick May-September; the broch is also home to a colony of European storm-petrels nesting in its walls.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
Mousa may refer to: Mousa (film) Mousa (name) Mousa, Shetland, an island in Scotland Mousa Ali, a stratovolcano located on the tri-point of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti 12130 Mousa, a minor planet
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 60.0017, -1.1825
Sources
- manual: mousa-broch (manual)
- wikipedia: Mousa (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Cinematic fly-through
Rendered from Environment Agency LIDAR (OGL v3) using Blender. Drag the timeline to scrub.
3D view
Drag to rotate · scroll to zoom · Copernicus DEM 30m / European Space Agency (CC BY 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mousa Broch?
- Mousa Broch is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom.
- What is Mousa Broch?
- Shetland's 13m Iron Age broch — the best-preserved in Scotland, 2,000 years old.
- How do I get to Mousa Broch?
- Its coordinates are 60.0017°, -1.1825°.
- When was Mousa Broch built?
- Dates from the Iron Age period.
- Who owns Mousa Broch?
- Mousa Broch is owned by Historic Environment Scotland.
- Is Mousa Broch free to visit?
- Yes, Mousa Broch is free to enter.