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Green Hill is a broch located south-west of Huip in Orkney, Scotland. Built during the Iron Age, this circular stone tower represents one of Scotland's most distinctive prehistoric architectural forms. The broch sits on bedrock of Middle Devonian sandstone interspersed with siltstone and marl, geology that would have shaped both the construction materials available to its builders and the drainage characteristics of the site. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1443.
Brochs were substantial roundhouses with hollow-walled construction, typically standing several metres high with internal galleries and staircases within the walls themselves. Green Hill's location in Orkney places it within a region particularly rich in broch remains, suggesting concentrated Iron Age settlement and community building in these northern islands. The sandstone foundation would have provided solid ground for construction, whilst the local stone itself offered suitable material for the broch's distinctive architecture.
Today, Green Hill survives as an important archaeological record of Iron Age Orcadian life and settlement patterns. The broch demonstrates the technical sophistication and social organisation required to construct such monuments, and its protected status ensures that this tangible link to Scotland's prehistoric past remains preserved for study and public engagement with the archaeology of the north.
Green Hill,broch WSW of Huip is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1443. View the official record →
Green Hill is a broch located south-west of Huip in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1443.
Green Hill,broch WSW of Huip dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch wsw of huip. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Green Hill,broch WSW of Huip 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 SM1443.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Linga Holm,mound (3 km), Papa Stronsay, kelp kiln 120m N of Mill (3 km), Oram's Fancy,two cairns 250m NW of Sandybank (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Green Hill,broch WSW of Huip'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.
Green Hill,broch WSW of Huip stands on Middle Devonian sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is major:{sandstone}, Minor{siltstone,marl}.