Broch of Culswick

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Broch of Culswick

Culswick Broch is an unexcavated coastal broch in the Shetland Islands of Scotland at 60°11′05″N 01°32′25″W / 60.18472°N 1.54028°W / 60.18472; -1.54028. Built of striking red stone, it has beautiful views all around, including Foula and Vaila isles, and Fitful Head and Fair Isle in the south. The broch stands commandingly on the top of a massive rock platform and is about 3 metres high at its tallest point. Much rubble has fallen into the centre. This broch has a massive triangular lintel stone over the entrance, which is partly filled with rubble. An excellent drawing by George Low, reproduced in the RCAMS 1946 Inventory of monuments in Shetland, pp212 reveals that the structure survived very well in 1774.

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v t e Brochs

Shetland	Clickimin Culswick Jarlshof Mousa Old Scatness Snabrough West Burrafirth

Orkney	Burroughston Gurness

Hebrides	Dun Carloway Dun Beag

Highlands	Carn Liath Dun Dornaigil Glenelg Ousdale Burn Carrol Applecross

Southern Scotland	Edin's Hall Torwoodlee Tappoch Bow Castle

v t e Prehistoric Shetland

Neolithic	Benie Hoose Funzie Girt Hjaltadans Stone Circle Pettigarths Field Cairns Scord of Brouster Standing Stones of Yoxie Stanydale Temple Vementry Heel-shaped cairn

Iron Age	Crucible of Iron Age Shetland Broch of Clickimin Broch of Culswick Broch of Mousa Huxter Fort Ness of Burgi Fort Snabrough Broch Broch of West Burrafirth

Pictish	St Ninian's Isle Treasure Lunnasting stone

Multi-period	Jarlshof Old Scatness

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