Burroughston Broch, Shapinsay

Name: Burroughston Broch
Address: Shapinsay, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Shapinsay

Top attraction, Archaeological site

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Burroughston Broch is an Iron Age broch located on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland. The site overlooks the North Sea on the northeast part of Shapinsay. Excavated in the mid 19th century, Burroughston Broch is still well-preserved. The drystone walls are up to four metres thick in some parts and there is a complete chamber intact off the entrance passage. Some remains of stone fittings are evident in the interior. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 59°4'25"N, 2°48'11"W

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Shapinsay United Kingdom

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Burroughston Broch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Balfour Castle, Vasa Loch, Helliar Holm, Midgarth.

5 miSW
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
127 min walk • Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour, and designed by Edinburgh architect David Bryce.
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Vasa Loch, Shapinsay
116 min walk • Vasa Loch is a brackish lagoon in southwestern Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. This water body has been shown on early maps of the island in a very similar shape and size to its current geometry, separated from the North Sea by a narrow strip of raised beach.
5 miSW
Island
Helliar Holm
128 min walk • Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967. It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay.
6.1 miNE
Island
Midgarth
156 min walk • Linga Holm, commonly known as Linga, Midgarth and the Holm of Midgarth is an uninhabited Scottish island extending to approximately 57 hectares situated 700 metres west of Stronsay island in the Orkney archipelago.
5.4 miW
Island
Sweyn Holm
137 min walk • Sweyn Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay. It is thought to be named for Sweyn Asleifsson, who was connected with Gairsay or possibly a corruption of "servant's island" in Norse.
2.7 miS
Archaeological site
Mor Stein, Shapinsay
70 min walk • Mor Stein is a neolithic standing stone in the southeastern part of the island of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Shapinsay is one of the two large inner islands of the Orkney group, and it is situated approximately two miles north of the Orkney Mainland.
2.8 miS
Archaeological site
Castle Bloody, Shapinsay
73 min walk • Castle Bloody is a prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland. Hogan observes that while the feature is marked as a chambered mound on the UK Ordnance Survey map, the structure is more properly and specifically classified as a souterrain or earth house.
1.3 miW
Archaeological site
Quholm, Shapinsay
33 min walk • Quholm is a hamlet in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. William Irving, the father of Washington Irving, noted American author, was born in Quholm. Innsker Beach is situated very close by at the northwest edge of Quholm.
1.6 miSW
Archaeological site
Linton Chapel, Shapinsay
42 min walk • Linton Chapel is a ruined chapel on the east coast of Shapinsay, Orkney. The chapel is thought to date as early as the 12th century AD. Slightly to the south is a megalithic monument, Castle Bloody.
4 miN
Island
Muckle Green Holm
103 min walk • Muckle Green Holm is an uninhabited island in the North Isles of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is roughly 28 hectares in extent and rises to 28 metres above sea level, the summit having a trig point.