Broch of Midhowe

Also known as:
Mid Howie
Nearest town:
Kirkwall (22km SE)
OS reference:
HY371307
OS sheet:
6
Latitude:
59° 9' 31.08 N
Longitude:
3° 6' 0.09 W
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Image of Broch of Midhowe by Moth

The broch and the encroaching cliff, showing the pronounced stratification that makes much of the Orkneys perfect for building in stone slabs

Image credit: Tim Clark
Moth
Moth Aug 29, 2004

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Broch of Midhowe

C
CARL Jul 12, 2012

Visited 5.6.12

Myself and Sophie wandered around the Broch as part of our visit to the nearby Chambered Cairn.

The Broch is pretty well preserved although a fair bit of it is held together with bolts and metal bars!
You can certainly get a good feel of how people would have lived inside these structures and how the Broch was constructed.

This Broch is the best I visited on Orkney but I have to say it is not as good as a couple I visited on Shetland – but that’s another story!

Broch of Midhowe

Martin
Martin Sep 8, 2001

Broch of Midhowe, Rousay
Wednesday 14/8/96
Had an exploration of this broch after we had visited Midhowe Cairn. However, I wouldn’t be too inquisitive as some of this place looks like it has seen better days and might collapse at any minute (there’s lots of iron bars and bolts holding bits together). I got tutted at by a group of American tourist for (carefully) daring to stand on a low section of wall in order to get a better view inside- well, excuse me! Inside, the broch is divided into two by a very thin stone wall (supported by those iron bars!) and has a hearth, water tank, cupboard-type affairs- much like some of the Skara Brae fittings. A grand place to have lunch and watch the scary wave power in Eynhallow Sound.

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