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Burravoe Broch is an Iron Age defensive structure located on a north-western promontory at Brae in Shetland, Scotland. The broch dates to the Iron Age period and represents the characteristic architectural form of these fortified circular towers that were constructed across northern Scotland during the first centuries BC and AD. The site's promontory location provided natural defensive advantages, a positioning typical of many Shetland brochs which exploited the landscape for strategic protection. The monument is recorded in the national heritage register under the Historic Environment Scotland designation SM3657.
Burravoe,broch on NW promontory,Brae is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3657. View the official record →
Burravoe Broch is an Iron Age defensive structure located on a north-western promontory at Brae in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3657.
Burravoe,broch on NW promontory,Brae dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch on nw promontory,brae. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Burravoe,broch on NW promontory,Brae 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 SM3657.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burravoe,chambered cairn & cairn 470m NE of,Brae (0.7 km), Busta, standing stone 100m E of Staneside (1.1 km), Skeo of Gossaford,cairn 400m W of Busta (1.8 km).
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