Monument record MHG1946 - Broch, Watenan South

Broch (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)

A small fort, dimensions of which (but for absence of debris) would suggest a broch, is situated on crest of a rocky ridge. It comprises a circular area, 27ft diameter, within a wall some 12ft thick and 3-4ft high, possibly entered from SE, and is set eccentrically within another wall some 12-18ft thick which surrounds it at varying distances up to 30ft.
'From E end of N front a bank or wall apparently connects the two lines of circumvallation. At N extremity the outer wall presents a scarp about 10ft in height, with a shallow ditch some 10ft in width at the base of it. On S this wall is less prominent... the ditch is visible at this end also.
RCAHMS 1911.

The turf-covered remains of a broch (not a fort as claimed above) within an outer defensive work, as described by RCAHMS.
One course of heavy stone walling protrudes through turf in S of the broch for a short distance, and a slight depression around the top of the rampart, together with a more lush growth of turf, indicates a mural passage. The entrance through outer defences is in SW. The absence of debris is probably due to later robbing.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 27 April 1967.

The site was visited and photographed by C Jones in April 2011. <1>