Region : Shetland Island : Mousa Town or village : Sandwick Grid Reference : HU 457 236 Period : 100 BC-AD 300 Mousa BROCH

The best preserved broch in Scotland: it is over 13m tall, little short of its original height. This magnificent building stands on a rocky headland on the west coast of the uninhabited island of Mousa (Shetland). Despite traces of outbuildings, the broch has never been surrounded by a village. The tower's diameter is 15m at the base, tapering to 12m at the top. The walls are 4.5m thick, leaving an interior only 6m across, further reduced by the insertion of a later wheelhouse. There is only one narrow entrance, with no guard cells, but there are three large cells within the thickness of the wall-base. A stone stair rises spirally inside the wall, lit by vertical gaps in the inner broch's face. In care of Historic Scotland

Other brochs, duns, forts ------------------ Brown Caterthun Carn Liath Clickhimin Craig Phadrig Dun an Sticir Dun Ardtreck Dun Beag Dunbeath Dun Carloway Dun Dornaigil Dun Ringill Dun Telve Dun Troddan Edinshall Gurness Loch of Houlland Midhowe Mousa Ness of Burgi White Caterthun Other sites in Shetland ---------------------- Beorgs of Housetter (Giant's Grave) Busta Clickhimin Hamnavoe (Giant's Stones) Jarlshof Loch of Houlland Mousa Ness of Burgi Punds Water Scord of Brouster Skellister (Auld Wife) Stanydale Tingwall (Murder Stone)