Burra Ness Broch (an Iron Age drystone round tower) is a broch in Shetland Islands, Scotland.
What follows is drawn from published sources, with each claim labelled by how firmly it is established.
Plan your visit
- Location
- 60.6409°N · 0.9830°W
- Access
- Open access
- Terrain
- Moderate walking
Nearby places
Fortified place · Medieval
Muness Castle
Shetland Islands
As the most northerly fortified residence in the British Isles, Muness marks the furthest reach of late sixteenth-century Scottish tower-house buil…
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