Broch of West Burrafirth

The Broch of West Burrafirth is an Iron Age broch located on the west side of Mainland, Shetland [1]. The broch stands on a low rocky islet (the "Holm of Hebrista") in West Burra Firth [1]. The broch is in a ruined state with much fallen debris [1]. The entrance is blocked with stones but the lintel over the inner end is still apparent [1]. There appear to be two guard cells on either side of the entrance passage [1]. Internally four mural cells can be seen, two of which are dumb-bell shaped with short passages between the two halves [1]. Borgarfjörð, the "fjord of the borg" was so named by the Norse on account of the broch [1]. The broch was visited by George Low in the 18th century, when he noted a number of cells in the base of the wall, and he stated that a hollow, galleried wall began above these [1].