Clumlie Broch
| Clumlie Broch | |
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Shetland | |
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 Clumlie Broch, behind a field wall | |
| Type: | Broch |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | HU40451811 |
| Location: | 59°56’46"N, 1°16’40"W |
| History | |
| Built Iron Age | |
| Information | |
Clumlie Broch is an Iron Age broch standing on the Mainland of Shetland.
The broch is to be found on Dunrossness, on the southern part of the island, about five miles north of Sumburgh Airport.[1] It stands on a low rise on flat arable ground.[2] The broch is at the centre of an abandoned croft,[1] which encroaches upon the ruins.[2]
Description
The broch has an external diameter of 70 feet and an internal diameter of about 26 feet.[2] Much of the western side of the site is hidden by a stone dyke, but the entrance passage and a guard cell are visible.[2] The walls currently stand around six feet high.[1]
Excavations
Clumlie Broch was partially excavated by Gilbert Goudie in 1887, who also restored part of the walling.[2] Goudie discovered a stone cist two and a half feet above the floor of the broch and concluded that the broch had been used for burials after it had fallen into disuse.[2] Finds included stone implements, quern stones, whetstones, spindle whorls, and hammer stones.[2] There were also many pottery fragments and animal bones, shells, as well as a fragment of a painted Roman bowl.[2]
Outside links
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References
| Prehistoric Shetland | |||
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| Neolithic |
Benie Hoose • Funzie Girt • Hjaltadans Stone Circle • Pettigarths Field Cairns • Scord of Brouster • Standing Stones of Yoxie • Stanydale Temple • Vementry | ||
| Iron Age brochs |
Clickimin • Culswick • Mousa • Burra Ness • Clumlie • Huxter • Ness of Burgi • Snabrough • West Burrafirth | ||
| Pictish | Mixed period | ||