Sna Broch

This ancient broch is one of the 'at risk' Scottish Heritage sites. In 2017, the island had a visit from local Shetland archaeologists who surveyed the are. They planned to return in 2019 (if funds were forthcoming), but the arrival of Covid put a stop to that. The ancient site is also known as: Snabrough, Sna Broch or Sna Brough. Check out our video page to watch a drone flight from the site.

Only a small section remains. The archaeologists are not sure what the bare rectangle patch is at the back of the site; as if something is hidden underneath that stops the grass growing...

Worked stone. An archaeologist thought stone was from the area; not imported.

Facing stones in the grass.

Up close, you can clearly see the layers of stone in the earth, especially in the brown layers showing that a man-made structure is buried here.

You can see that in 1891, more of the structure was visible, but the site would have been much larger, according to Samuel Hibbert-Ware.