Monument record MHG11746 - Broch; Skelbo Wood

Broch lies beside woodland path, recently cleared of trees, but overgown at time of visit. Lies on side of slope and would have had extensive views before tree planting. Main central structure has occasional stones visible, some quite large, dip in centre perhaps 1m plus deep. Possible outer structures. Appears to be outer defensive wall all around at short distance. - HAW 8/2003

(NH 7820 9443) Broch (NR) OS 6" map, (1960)

On a low knoll in Skelbo Wood are remains of a broch, now a structureless overgrown ruin. No wall faces are visible, but overall diameter appears to be about 60ft.
A wall surrounds broch at a distance of 17ft, increasing in the NE arc where an enclosure, 37ft long by 20ft wide, has been formed by walls crossing the interspace. To the E (S) of this enclosure is a break in the rampart. The space between it and the broch has been levelled, suggesting the position of the broch entrance.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

The remains of a broch, as described by RCAHMS At one point outer wall can be seen to be of rubble construction, but is too overgrown elsewhere for further analysis.
The walls crossing the interspace in NE are curved, and the "rampart" between them is destroyed, or pushed outwards, forming a sub-circular area about 12m in diameter. Another ruined wall crosses interspace in the SSW, and, like the others, is probably later. Visited by OS (R L) 4 November 1969.