Knowe of Burrian (Frotoft)

The Knowe of Burrian is a badly damaged Broch in Frotoft on the Orkney island of Rousay in Scotland .

Part of the coastal broch was torn from the sea and the rest was used as a quarry, but fragments of masonry along the shore indicate that it is a broch. A steep, approximately 2.0 m high hill represents the northern section. An outer wall lies behind a naust on the west side (a corresponding naust is on the east side).

The name Knowe of Burrian also occurs in a brochure in Netherbrough (Garth Farm) on Mainland .

See also

• Symbol stone from the Knowe of Burrian
• Broch from Burrian
• Long Stone (Frotoft)

literature

• Ian Armit: Towers in the North. The Brochs of Scotland. Tempus, Stroud 2003, ISBN 0-7524-1932-3 .
• John W. Hedges: Bu, Gurness and the brochs of Orkney (= British Archaeological Reports. British series. 163-165). 3 volumes. Oxford, BAR 1987.

Web links

• Entry on Knowe of Burrian  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
• Description Engl. and pictures
• Scheduled Monument - entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Coordinates: 59 ° 7 '46.7 "  N , 3 ° 2' 56.3"  W.