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Broch of Culswick is a Iron Age broch situated on the Shetland Islands, dating to the first century BC or first century AD. The structure exemplifies the distinctive architectural form of Scottish brochs, comprising a hollow-walled circular stone tower characteristic of this period. The monument stands on the island of Whalsay in Shetland, where it represents evidence of the sophisticated settlement patterns and fortified architecture employed by Iron Age communities in northern Britain.
Broch of Culswick is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2055. View the official record →
Broch of Culswick is a Iron Age broch situated on the Shetland Islands, dating to the first century BC or first century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2055.
Broch of Culswick is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2055.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sotersta,standing stone (0.8 km), Vivilie Loch, chambered cairn 450m WNW of Ward of Culswick (1.6 km), Grunivoe, burnt mound 125m SSE of (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Broch of Culswick's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Broch of Culswick stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.